Episode 72 – Lynn Jorgensen – Teacher of the year, Gender Equity, Adapting to the changing education landscape
About this episode
Mark talks with Lynn Jorgensen about her experiences in modeling instruction, gender equity in science classrooms, and adapting to changes in education.
Mark talks with Lynn about her introduction to modeling instruction right at the beginning of her teaching career and how modeling works so well with the specific AP physics areas of focus. Lynn reminds us that when we are the only teachers of a certain STEM subject at our school, it is incredibly important to find community beyond the walls of our school. They talk about gender equity in our science classrooms. As always, Mark asks his guest to share her best modeling tips for teachers. Finally, they talk about adapting to the annual requests for doing some new thing in all classrooms. Guest Lynn Jorgensen After graduating from BYU with a degree in Physics Teaching, Lynn Jorgensen took a few years off to raise her family. She then began her teaching career in 2015 at Gilbert High School. As a singleton teacher finding a community of support and relevant PD became her primary focus. These searches led Lynn to the Arizona section of AAPT and STEMteachersPHX. Serving as vice president for AzAAPT for a number of years. She started working with Arizona State University’s modeling instruction program as she earned her Masters of Natural Science (physics) degree. Working with the…
People in this episode
Host: Mark Royce
Guest: Lynn Jorgensen
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Arizona State University, AAPT, STEMteachersPHX, AMTA, InterAmerican Teacher Education Network
Books & works: Physics Teaching
Places: Gilbert High School
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