2012 Physics Teacher Education Coalition Conference

February 3, 2012 - February 4, 2012 in Ontario, California

New Paradigms for Physics Teacher Education

The PhysTEC Conference is the nation's largest meeting dedicated to physics teacher education featuring workshops, panel discussions, and presentations by national leaders, as well as excellent networking opportunities. The 2012 conference was held in conjunction with the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting.

PhysTEC workshop abstracts are now available in the APS meetings database and will be archived in the Bulletin of the APS.
APS Bulletin: 2012 PhysTEC Conference

Ted Hodapp, Director of Education and Diversity, APS, presented the opening welcome on New Paradigms for Teacher Education.

Plenary Speakers

• Phil DiStefano, University of Colorado Boulder
• Mary Kirchoff, American Chemical Society
• Fred Goldberg, San Diego State University

PhysTEC Conference Strands & Sessions

The conference featured parallel workshop tracks with themes of:

New Paradigms for Sustainability New Paradigms in Partnership New Paradigms in Course Reform Learning Assistants Teaching Methods

Recruitment & Retention Funding Induction & Mentoring Equity & Diversity

Contributed Poster Session

A contributed poster session and reception was held on Friday, February 3 from 6 - 8 pm.