| UF Faculty | Department | College | |
|---|---|---|---|
 ,  |
Shawn Weatherford Selman Hershfield |
Physics Department Physics Department |
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Partner Faculty | Department | Partner Institution | |
| Maliha Bouayed Rabie Belkacemi |
School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering |
Ecole Nationale Polytechnique Ecole Nationale Polytechnique |
Title:
Comparative Perspectives on Energy Use in Algeria and the United States
Project Description:
Students in PHY2032 Energy and Society will have weekly discussions on energy use with students at the National Polytechnic School of Algiers. The discussions will start by comparing and contrasting how they use energy in their everyday lives. This will include questions of cost relative to salaries as well as attitudes and perspectives as to what is necessary and what is a luxury. Broader societal questions of fairness and accessibility to energy and environmental effects will also enter in the discussions. Students will write several reflections on how their perspectives on energy use around the world evolved.
Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to identify, describe, and explain how economics, environmental concerns, personal choices, national and international policies and politics affects and determines energy usage.
Students will be able to discuss probing questions about the lives of their international peers and through reflection evaluate how their own attitudes have changed about energy usage by citizens in countries that are not their own.
Students will be able to utilize effective verbal and nonverbal modes of communication to establish a correct and shared understanding, with sensitivity to use of slang and examples with ethnocentric origins.
Participating Countries:
Number of Participants:
35 UF Students, 15 Ecole Nationale Polytechnique Students
Discipline:
Physics
UF Course Code & Name:
PHY2032 - Energy & Society
Project Duration:
4 Weeks
Activity Type(s):
Student-to-Student Dialogue
Time allotted to each activity:
Synchronous Activities: 1 hour/week
Individual Work: 0.5 hours/week
Individual Work: 0.5 hours/week
Technology Tools:
Zoom
Sequence of Activities: