http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/ PTEC's Featured PTEC Materials en-US Copyright 2012, ComPADRE.org editor@ptec.org (Managing Editor) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:52:46 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/services/images/LogoSmallPTEC.gif http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/ 125 35 The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC), a project of the American Physical Society (APS) and American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), has published a compendium of research articles on the preparation of physics and physical-science teachers, "Teacher Education in Physics." http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=11618 http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11618&DocID=2519 http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=11618 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST Results of the experiences of the PhysTEC project in improving physics teacher preparation. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8267 http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8267&DocID=890 http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8267 Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 EST This issue of the Forum on Education newsletter features articles on two of the new PhysTEC sites and an article on the University of Colorado's Stage II Noyce grant. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=10587 http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2010/index.cfm http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=10587 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST This article provides a general introduction to the NSF's Math/Science Partnership project. It provides an overview of the project and discusses some of the project's successes. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=10411 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/329/5994/906.summary http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=10411 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST A video introduction to the benefits of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship, as told by two Noyce Scholars and a Noyce Program Coordinator. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=10295 http://www.phystec.org/video/video-noyce.php http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=10295 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST In the Teacher Preparation Section of this edition, Gay Stewart talks about the Arkansas Noyce Scholarship Program and Gabe Popkin discusses the PhysTEC Noyce. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=10190 http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2010/index.cfm http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=10190 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST Cornell physics professor Rob Thorne writes about his university's PhysTEC project. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=9978 http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/spring2010/thorne.cfm http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=9978 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST Laurie McNeil, physics department chair at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, discusses their successful effort to implement a teacher preparation program. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8015 http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2008/mcneil.cfm http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8015 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST The National Academy of Education argues improving teacher quality entails policies concerning recruitment, early preparation, retention (including attention to working conditions), as well as professional development. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=9641 http://www.naeducation.org/Teacher_Quality_White_Paper.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=9641 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST This document provides guidance for administrators to gauge a candidate's qualifications to teach physics. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=9447 http://www.aapt.org/Resources/upload/Secondary-School-Physics-Teacher-Role_booklet.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=9447 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST This meta analysis shows important cross-study evidence that teacher professional development in mathematics does have significant positive effects on student achievement. The analysis results also confirm the positive relationship to student outcomes of key characteristics of design of professional development programs. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=9245 http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2009/Effects_of_Teacher_Professional_2009.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=9245 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST This program makes grants to institutions of higher education to support scholarships for academically talented, financially needy students, enabling them to enter the workforce following completion of an associate; baccalaureate; or graduate-level degree in science and engineering disciplines. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=9186 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5257 http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=9186 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST In this book, education writer Sheila Tobias and high-school science chair Anne Baffert report from hundreds of teacher interviews and website postings, that there are ways for science teachers, in collaboration with scientists and willing school administrators, to reverse trends that diminish teaching as a profession. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=9185 http://www.nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/9781936137060 http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=9185 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST Preliminary results from the joint APS/AAPT/AIP National Task Force on the Professional Preparation of Physics Teachers. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8868 http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8868&DocID=1191 http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8868 Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 EST The PhysTEC collaboration includes diverse institutions each with their own methods of teacher recruitment. This page collects recruiting materials from the University of Arizona, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. The site also provides templates allowing the creation of individualized materials. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8876 http://www.phystec.org/components/recruitment/materials.php http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8876 Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 EST This February 2009 Physics Today article argues that by taking on a significant part of the education of high-school physics teachers, physics departments in the US can inspire their students and help ensure a scientifically educated population. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8594 http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_2/40_1.shtml http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8594 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST The spring 2009 edition of the newsletter includes articles on the new solicitation for the Noyce Scholarship program and a discussion of the funding provided by Toyota for teacher training at James Madison University. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8590 http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/spring2009/ http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8590 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST This article describes the success of the MIT initiative to add interactive engagement strategies to its introductory physics program. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8477 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/us/13physics.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1 http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8477 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST The fall 2008 edition of the APS Forum on Education newsletter. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8429 http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2008/upload/fall08.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8429 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST As part of an NSF funded Math and Science Partnership grant, we have developed and implemented a yearlong series of science content courses for future elementary teachers based on Physics and Everyday Thinking (PET). http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8268 http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8268&DocID=891 http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8268 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST This edition of the PhysTEC News describes the new PhysTEC Noyce Scholarship Program and reports on the increasing number of teachers graduating from PhysTEC institutions. It also reports on the PhysTEC teacher gathering at the AAPT Summer Meeting and an exemplary Teacher-in-Residence. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8200 http://phystec.org/newsletter/fall08.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8200 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST As part of the efforts of major state universities to enhance the supply of secondary math and science teachers, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) has developed the Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative. Objectives of the Teacher Imperative are to leverage the growing interest in science teacher preparation by universities and build collaborations with key education and government leaders in states to collectively address this critical national problem... http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8047 http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8047&DocID=716 http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8047 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST In this issue, Laurie E. McNeil discusses starting a teacher preparation program at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and Laird Kramer details the use of learning communities at Florida International University. Monica Plisch examines the use of teacher preparation to fulfill the NSF's Broader Impact requirement. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8014 http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2008/upload/summer08.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8014 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST The Committee on Teacher Preparation met on July 20th at the AAPT meeting in Edmonton, Alberta. Topics discussed included increasing the number of sites with Math Science Partnership grants, the Task Force on Physics Teacher Preparation, the new RTOP listserv, PhysTEC and PTEC, and sessions and workshops for the summer 2009 AAPT meeting. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=7731 http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7731&DocID=624 http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=7731 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Physics teachers suffer the highest rate of attrition of any subject area, and are often under-qualified for their positions. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=7004 http://phystec.org/presentations/080308_plisch.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=7004 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 EST