The Investigative Science Learning Environment with Eugenia Etkina

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. Show notes: www.physicsalive.com/ISLE Learn more about Eugenia and her work: www.islephysics.net Eugenia's faculty page You can email Eugenia at: eugenia.etkina@gse.rutgers.edu ISLE website: www.islephysics.net Adopting the ISLE approach Join the Facebook group -- Exploring and Applying Physics ISLE resource page on PhysPort https://www.physport.org/methods/method.cfm?G=ISLE ISLE Implementation Guide on PhysPort https://www.physport.org/methods/Section.cfm?G=ISLE&S=What Articles: 2020 - Implementing an epistemologically authentic approach to student-centered inquiry learning 2015 – Eugenia’s Millikan Lecture 2007 – ISLE guide, a chapter from “Research-Based Reform of University Physics”