“STELLA 2011 — School for Training in Experiments with Lasers and Laser Applications”: Short-term evaluation by quantitative methods

• Published in: The European physical journal. ST, Special topics Vol. 199; no. 1; pp. 195 - 212
• Main Authors: Favale, F., Zecca, L., Nigris, E., Bondani, M.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.11.2011; EDP Sciences
• Subjects: Atomic; Classical and Continuum Physics; Communication, education, history, and philosophy; Condensed Matter Physics; Curricula, teaching methods, strategies, theory of testing, evaluation; Education; Exact sciences and technology; Materials Science; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Molecular; Optical and Plasma Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Regular Article; Collaborative Work; European Physical Journal Special Topic; Laser Physic; Laboratory Activity; Experimental Character; Educational program; Methodology; Lasers
• ISSN: 1951-6355; 1951-6401
• DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2011-01514-0

STELLA School is an advanced education program in laser physics for PhD and postdoctoral students in which highly qualified training in experimental techniques was delivered directly by using top-level research equipment. Its basic idea is born from the very idea which has seeded the birth of universities in the Middle Age: the inherent unity between research and education. This paper describes a study of a short-term survey that investigates the agreement of the students with some core ideas of the School as well as their general satisfaction as a marker of the robustness of the School method.