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The Theatre Physics
Learning Community
Steven Zides - Physics Dept.Dr. Mark Ferguson - Theatre Dept.
Wofford College
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What is a Learning Community?
“…curricular approaches that link classes, often around interdisciplinary themes, and enroll common groups of students for a [term]…a very intentional restructuring of time, space and student life.”
(Gabelnick, MacGregor, Mathews, Smith, 1990)
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Goals for our Freshmen
Theatre• literary analysis
• understanding the differences between the play and other types of fiction
• thematic and structural unity
Physics• scientific method• historical
development of scientific ideas
• science is a work in progress
• science is good at answering the “Hows” but not the “Whys”
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Where is the Common Ground?
• Theatre of Physics/physics of theatre• backstage construction and theatre
technologies• the morality of science • orderly structure in a complex world
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Inspiration for Theatre Physics
Copenhagen (by Michael Frayn)
“The Tony Award-winning play that soars at the intersection of science
and art, Copenhagen is an explosive reimagining of the mysterious
wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic
bomb.”[back Cover summary of the play]
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Course Layout
Aristotle (Greek theatre and Science)
The Scientific Revolution
19th Century Science
20th Century Science
The Two Cultures
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Assessment Strategies
• essays• response papers• discussions• quizzes• midterms• concept maps• writing science plays
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Preliminary Successes
• very low absenteeism• very high class participation• great social interaction • effective scheduling structure• dual faculty perspective very
compelling• highly flexible structure makes
change possible
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Challenges and Difficulties
• extensive time commitment• specialized space requirements• constrained by local community• good plays are hard to find• appropriate science materials hard to
find• personnel must be compatible
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Where Do We Go From Here?
• create better assessment tools• reconsider how materials are
distributed to the students• consider commissioning a science
play• redesign the lab experience• get NSF/NEH joint funding
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The Theatre Physics
Learning CommunitySteven Zides - [email protected]
Mark Ferguson - [email protected]