585542 event 1483627173 1492118008 <![CDATA[Preparing Physics Graduate Students For Their Future]]> To advance its efforts to improve the introductory physics courses at Georgia Tech, the School of Physics is launching the Physics Education Research (PER) colloquium series, beginning on Jan. 9, 2017.

Kenneth Heller, a professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy in the University of Minnesota, will discuss “Preparing Physics Graduate Students for Their Future.” He will describe a program that fully integrates teaching assistantship (TA) into physics graduate education. 

According to Heller, integrating TA into graduate education “results in graduate students that are more satisfied with their TA experience, are better prepared to function in research groups, provide a better classroom experience for their undergraduate students, and have the soft skills necessary for employment.”

The program Heller will describe is applicable to other disciplines.

]]> Studies show that the skills traditionally associated with an academic research program are necessary but not sufficient for employment as it exists now and in their future. Graduate students need education in and practice of "soft skills." 

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