Preparing for PFA physics fixtures

• Pedagogical approach

Students train by carrying out experimental tests under competition conditions to reinvest experimental knowledge and skills and develop effective communication.

• Main training contents

The topics covered are taken directly from the list of physics fixtures on the current CAPES physics-chemistry entrance exam syllabus (published each year in the Bulletin Officiel de l'Education Nationale).

• Digital presence

Acquisition (with computer interface) of physical data from an experiment (Orphy_Lab and Orphi_GTI cards, Caliens camera).

- Analysis of a physics problem (mechanics, electricity, thermodynamics, waves, electromagnetism, wave optics) using data processing software (Regressi).

- Elementary coding and algorithmic practice using the Python language (possibility of using offline editors e.g. EduPython or online editors e.g. Jupyter). Display and use of experimental data.

Application to the solution of simple differential equations in physics.

• Link with other EUs

This module and its beginning in semester 3 reinvest the content covered in the first year's "Teaching Physics" courses.

Students also make use of teaching situations encountered during internships, as well as content covered in the "Didactic and pedagogical support for internships" (S1, S2, S3 and S4) and "Didactics, Epistemology and History of Science" (S2) courses.

• Disciplinary aspects :

Design and implement experimental teaching sequences in physics that can be directly transposed to middle and high school classes.

Produce and present teaching sequences based on quantitative and qualitative experiments and the use of discipline-specific software to illustrate a given physics subject. Training for the physics experimental test in the CAPES physics and chemistry competitive examination.

• Professional practice :

Be familiar with the curricula in force in the training establishments. Be able to adapt your teaching to the level being taught.

Continuous assessment with at least two marks.

No compensation possible for a mark below 7/20.

• Master the French language for communication purposes
• Integrate the elements of digital culture necessary for the exercise of one's profession
• Master disciplinary knowledge and didactics
• Mastering the French language for teaching purposes
• Design, implement and lead teaching and learning situations that take into account student diversity
• Organize and ensure group functioning that promotes learning and socialization among students
• Assessing students' progress and achievements