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\u201cI hope to be the kind of teacher who is always evolving my approach to teaching,\u201d Chappell says. She calls her classes \u201ceclectic,\u201d combining lecture, guided analysis of historical documents, discussions of readings and historical interpretation. \u201cI want students to have some knowledge of what happened, but also to appreciate historical interpretation and develop the transferrable skills that provides.\u201d Chappell says she enjoys teaching honors students and particularly appreciates that \u201cthe smaller classes are conducive to this kind of deep engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n
David McIntyre is a professor of physics who has been teaching at Oregon State since 1989, after earning his B.S. from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has mentored two honors students\u2019 thesis projects and was one of four faculty members who led the inaugural Honors College London Experience in the summer of 2016. He regularly teaches the honors recitation for the introductory physics course. He allows students\u2019 curiosities to drive class discussion, asking them to submit a question each week about the course material or about any sort of physics question on their minds. \u201cWhen students are first starting out, they\u2019re very eager. I appreciate how curious they are. I try to make it centered around them,\u201d McIntyre says. He has brought in lively demonstrations to spark that curiosity. For instance, he has used a Levitron \u2013 a magnetic toy \u2013 to show how frogs float using magnetism.<\/p>\n While teaching a course on Isaac Newton in the Honors College London study abroad program, he particularly took advantage of the possibilities for designing tangible experiences that illustrated and underlined course themes, including a trip to Greenwich to do navigational measurements with a sextant. \u201cI try to present things in different ways. Everyone learns differently. In physics we have equations, graphs and words \u2013 all different ways to say things.\u201d He says that over the years, he has continuously refined his teaching, finding out how to reach students and better determine what they already know and need to know. And, in turn, the students\u2019 energy and curiosity inspire him in his teaching. \u201cI got into academia because you\u2019re guaranteed to work with younger and younger people and their energy. It\u2019s why I\u2019m in it. It\u2019s just fun,\u201d McIntyre says.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/files\/2018\/01\/London-225x300.jpg\")