2006 PTEC Conference Agenda and Workshop Schedule
2006 PTEC Conference Agenda
Friday, March 24
8:00 - 8:15 Registration--Graduate Education Building Auditorium Lobby
8:15 - 9:00 Welcome
9:15 - 10:45 Workshop Session I
10:45 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:45 Workshop Session II
12:45 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 Workshop Session III
3:00 - 4:45 Break (buses will go back to the Radisson and pick up at 4:45 for the Reception)
5:00 - 6:00 Reception and General Poster Session
6:00 - 7:00 Dinner
7:00 - 8:00 Plenary I: Michael Marder
Saturday, March 25
8:30 - 10:00 Workshop Session IV
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Workshop Session V
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Plenary II, Joan Prival
2:15 - 3:45 Workshop Session VI
3:45 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 5:45 Workshop Session VII
6:00 - 7:00 Barbecue Dinner
Sunday, March 26 (post-Conference)
08:00 - 12:00 PhysTEC Leadership Council
9:00 - 3:00 Physics for Elementary Teachers (PET), Fred Goldberg
Workshops Offered in Each Session (I - VII)
The Session number is listed in the column on the left.
| I | Sandifer/Renwick: Lessons Learned: Improving and Assessing an Elementary Science Field Experience | MacIsaac/Mason: Supporting Physics Teacher Education through an Online Community Library | Etkina: Building Physics Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge |
|---|---|---|---|
| II | Goldberg: Physics for Elementary Education (PET) | Otero/Vokos/Stewart: Undergraduate Learning Assistants: A powerful way to improve student learning and recruit future teachers | Wainwright: The CASTLE Curriculum: Capacitor-Aided System for Teaching and Learning Electricity |
| III | Heron: Physics by Inquiry | Finkelstein: Learning about the Physical World Virtual: Computer Simulations from the Physics Education Technology Project | Fetters: NCATE Licensure Standards Developed by NSTA |
| IV | Fetters/Hickman: Teachers-in-Residence: What does the data tell us? |
Heron: Research on the Learning and Teaching of Thermal Physics: Microscopic Models and Macroscopic Processes | Wainwright: The CASTLE Curriculum: Capacitor-Aided System for Teaching and Learning Electricity |
| V | Freeland/Olson: Reducing Teacher Isolation: Induction and Mentoring |
Etkina: Building Physics Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge | MacIsaac: Alternate Physics Teacher Certification at SUNY-Buffalo State College |
| VI | Goldberg: InterActions in Physical Science: A new curriculum for middle school physical science | Finkelstein: Learning abut the Physical World Virtual: Computer Simulations from the Physics Education Technology Project | Buck-Moyer/Isola: K-12 Teachers on Campus: Their Impact on Teacher Preparation Programs |
| VII | Hickman: Providing Feedback to Improve Science Instruction | Otero/Vokos/Stewart: Undergraduate Learning Assistants: A powerful way to improve student learning and recruit future teachers | Escalada/Unruh: PRISMS Plus |
