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| Abstract Title: | Building Classroom and Organizational Structure Around Positive Cultural Values |
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| Abstract: | The Compass Project is a self-formed group of graduate and undergraduate students in the physical sciences at UC Berkeley. Our goals are to improve undergraduate physics education, provide opportunities for professional development, and increase retention of students--especially those from populations typically underrepresented in the physical sciences. Compass fosters a diverse, collaborative student community by providing a wide range of services, including a summer program and fall/spring seminar courses. We describe Compass's cultural values, discuss how community members are introduced to and help shape those values, and demonstrate how a single set of values informs the structure of both our classroom and organization. We emphasize that all members of the Compass community participate in, and benefit from, our cultural values, regardless of status as student, teacher, or otherwise. |
| Abstract Type: | Symposium Poster |
| Targeted Session: | Cultural Influences on Physics Teaching: Identifying Factors, Implementing Change |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Joel Corbo University of California, Berkeley |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Dimitri Dounas-Frazer and Anna Zaniewski University of California, Berkeley |
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