1. Peer Instruction Methods for Teaching in Satellite Engineering
Dr. Vaios Lappas
Lecturer in Space Vehicle Control
SCEPTrE Fellow
Surrey Space Centre
FEPS

2. The Art of of Teaching
Most teachers waste their time by asking questions which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know, whereas the true art of questioning has for its purpose to discover what the pupil knows or is capable of knowing.
Albert Einstein

3. SCEPTrE Fellowship SCEPTrE: Becoming a Better Teacher
PGCAP: The Beginning
SCEPTrE: Becoming a Better Teacher
SCEPTrE: Education and Leadership
Enquiry Based Learning: ‘Hands-On’ Teaching
Enquiry through Peer Instruction can produce a measurable improvement in teaching and student understanding

4. Enquiry for Teaching and Learning
Enquiry for Teaching and Learning: To bring a creative, motivational and effective level of understanding to solve complex problems through collaboration and ‘hands on’ teaching and learning
Teachers need to:
Be creative, enhancing the learning process
Be motivational, inspire, attract student attention
Be effective, a lot of complex material to be taught and learned in a short time…
Can Enquiry help us make a difference?

5. Peer Instruction: E. Mazur
July and December 1-7 visits to Harvard, Study Enquiry, Complex Learning
Seminar at Surrey, March 7, 2008

6. ‘Hands-on’ Satellite Simulator

7. ConcepTest Scores Before and After Discussion

8. Feedback Scores-Teaching
Average (2007): 4.67/5.0, Sample of 100 Students
Average in past years ( ): , Sample of 362 Students

9. SCEPTrE Fellowship Outcomes
Peer Instruction methodologies for teaching Satellite Engineering
Lecturing Material
Measurable improvement in teaching and student understanding
Journal papers:
IEEE Journal of Education
Research Collaboration with the Harvard Education Group
Appointed Research Fellow at Harvard University
Prof. Mazur Seminar, March 7, 2008
Working towards a Certificate in Education and Leadership at the MIT Sloan Business School
Short Course in Complex Problem Solving