http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/ PTEC's Featured PTEC Materials en-US Copyright 2009, ComPADRE.org editor@ptec.org editor@ptec.org Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:08:44 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 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/content/pdfs/Final%20Meta%20Analysis%20Paper%20full.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.rescorp.org/gdresources/downloads/Science_Teaching_as_a_Profession2.pdf 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 The first edition of the yearly PhysTEC newsletter. This issue introduces the new PhysTEC sites and contains articles about the 2008 PTEC conference. Articles also include interviews with Master Teachers and coverage of the regional PTEC meeting in North Carolina. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=6943 http://phystec.org/newsletter/spring08.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=6943 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST The most recent issue of the Forum on Education newsletter contains articles detailing teacher preparation resources in other collections on ComPADRE. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=6477 http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/upload/fall07.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=6477 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST This edition of the Forum on Education Newsletter contains detailed descriptions of the teacher recruitment efforts at Arkansas, Arizona, Western Michigan, and Colorado, all PTEC sites. Also included is an article by two PTEC teachers in residence and an article about NSF funding for teacher preparation. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=5883 http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/upload/fall06_spring07.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=5883 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST This presentation highlights the process of improving STEM programs. It outlines how changes have been enacted in the past to improve education in STEM disciplines. The presentation gives an overview of previous national reports and suggestions for improving STEM education. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=5820 http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/edu_com/2006_08_03/malcom_pres.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=5820 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST In this volume of the journal, the articles included are: Physics Teacher Education Reform (Editorial), Guiding Experiences in Physics Instruction for Undergraduates, Gender Differences in Physics: A Focus on Motivation, A Physics Teacher Candidate Knowledge Base, and The Motivation and Recruitment of Physics Students and Teachers http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=5740 http://www.phy.ilstu.edu/jpteo/issues/jpteo4(3)sum07.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=5740 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST This report details the STEM teacher preparation programs at fifty US colleges and universities. Program enrollment, mentoring, outcome assessment, innovations, funding, and research are discussed. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=5550 http://www.aacte.org/pdf/Legislation_Center/AACTE%20STEM%20publication.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=5550 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST This item is an extensive collection of active learning materials for elementary education created at Towson University, a PhysTEC site. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=5280 http://pages.towson.edu/csandife/phystec/Elem_Internship_Resources.zip http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=5280 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST