<p>ISLE, the Investigative Science Learning Environment, is an intentional holistic learning environment for physics. It addresses two main goals: to help students learn physics by engaging them in the processes that mirror scientific practice and to improve their well-being while they are learning physics. Eugenia Etkina started this approach nearly 40 years ago and has been an ardent teacher educator in the years since. This interview with Eugenia provides the educational philosophy behind ISLE, specific examples of how the approach works, and the support network that can get you started.</p> <p>Show notes: <a href='http://www.physicsalive.com/ISLE'>www.physicsalive.com/ISLE</a></p> <p>Learn more about Eugenia and her work:</p> <ul><li> <p><a href='http://www.islephysics.net'>www.islephysics.net</a></p> </li> <li><a href='https://gse.rutgers.edu/faculty/eugenia-etkina/'>Eugenia's faculty page</a></li> </ul> <p>You can email Eugenia at:</p> <ul><li><a href='mailto:eugenia.etkina@gse.rutgers.edu'>eugenia.etkina@gse.rutgers.edu</a></li> </ul> <p>ISLE website:</p> <ul><li><a href='http://www.islephysics.net'>www.islephysics.net</a></li> <li><a href='https://www.islephysics.net/?page_id=53'>Adopting the ISLE approach</a></li> </ul> <p>Join the Facebook group -- Exploring and Applying Physics</p> <p>ISLE resource page on PhysPort</p> <ul><li><a href='https://www.physport.org/methods/method.cfm?G=ISLE'>https://www.physport.org/methods/method.cfm?G=ISLE</a></li> </ul> <p>ISLE Implementation Guide on PhysPort</p> <ul><li><a href='https://www.physport.org/methods/Section.cfm?G=ISLE&S=What'>https://www.physport.org/methods/Section.cfm?G=ISLE&S=What</a></li> </ul> <p>Articles:</p> <ul><li>2020 - <a href='https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020148'>Implementing an epistemologically authentic approach to student-centered inquiry learning</a></li> <li>2015 – <a href='https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=13998'>Eugenia’s Millikan Lecture</a></li> <li>2007 – <a href='https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=4988'>ISLE guide, a chapter from “Research-Based Reform of University Physics”</a></li> </ul>

Physics Alive

Brad Moser

The Investigative Science Learning Environment with Eugenia Etkina

AUG 19, 202264 MIN
Physics Alive

The Investigative Science Learning Environment with Eugenia Etkina

AUG 19, 202264 MIN

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<p>ISLE, the Investigative Science Learning Environment, is an intentional holistic learning environment for physics. It addresses two main goals: to help students learn physics by engaging them in the processes that mirror scientific practice and to improve their well-being while they are learning physics. Eugenia Etkina started this approach nearly 40 years ago and has been an ardent teacher educator in the years since. This interview with Eugenia provides the educational philosophy behind ISLE, specific examples of how the approach works, and the support network that can get you started.</p> <p>Show notes: <a href='http://www.physicsalive.com/ISLE'>www.physicsalive.com/ISLE</a></p> <p>Learn more about Eugenia and her work:</p> <ul><li> <p><a href='http://www.islephysics.net'>www.islephysics.net</a></p> </li> <li><a href='https://gse.rutgers.edu/faculty/eugenia-etkina/'>Eugenia's faculty page</a></li> </ul> <p>You can email Eugenia at:</p> <ul><li><a href='mailto:[email protected]'>[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>ISLE website:</p> <ul><li><a href='http://www.islephysics.net'>www.islephysics.net</a></li> <li><a href='https://www.islephysics.net/?page_id=53'>Adopting the ISLE approach</a></li> </ul> <p>Join the Facebook group -- Exploring and Applying Physics</p> <p>ISLE resource page on PhysPort</p> <ul><li><a href='https://www.physport.org/methods/method.cfm?G=ISLE'>https://www.physport.org/methods/method.cfm?G=ISLE</a></li> </ul> <p>ISLE Implementation Guide on PhysPort</p> <ul><li><a href='https://www.physport.org/methods/Section.cfm?G=ISLE&S=What'>https://www.physport.org/methods/Section.cfm?G=ISLE&S=What</a></li> </ul> <p>Articles:</p> <ul><li>2020 - <a href='https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020148'>Implementing an epistemologically authentic approach to student-centered inquiry learning</a></li> <li>2015 – <a href='https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=13998'>Eugenia’s Millikan Lecture</a></li> <li>2007 – <a href='https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=4988'>ISLE guide, a chapter from “Research-Based Reform of University Physics”</a></li> </ul>