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Teacher Preparation

2010 Newsletters

  • University of Arkansas Noyce Scholarship Program (Summer)
    Gay Stewart and John Stewart
  • PhysTEC Scholarship Program for Future Physics Teachers (Summer)
    Gabriel Popkin
  • Alternative Pathways to High School Physics Teaching (Fall)
    Jean P. Krisch
  • The CSULB PhysTEC Project (Fall)
    Chuhee Kwon
  • Physics Teaching Embraced at MTSU with the Help of PhysTEC (Fall)
    Ron Henderson
  • A Synergistic Model of Educational Change (Fall)
    Valerie Otero, Michael Ross, Samson Sherman
  • PhysTEC at Cornell: A Progress Report
    Robert E. Thorne

Summer 2010 NewsletterFall 2010 NewsletterSpring 2010 Newsletter

2011 Newsletter

  • PhysTEC Program at the University of California, Davis
    David Webb
  • Preparing Urban Students to Teach in the Urban Classroom: Chicago State University's PhysTEC Program
    Mel S. Sabella and Adrea Gay Van Duzor

Spring 2011 Newsletter

2009 Newsletters

  • PTEC.org - The Internet Home of the PTEC Organization (Fall)
    John Stewart 
  • College Ready in Mathematics and Science Partnership: University and School District Partners working together to improve student success and teacher preparation (Summer)
    Gay Stewart
  • Private Funding for Physics Teacher Preparation at James Madison University (Spring)
    Mark Mattson
  • The National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce teacher Scholarship Program (Spring)
    Joan Prival

Fall 2009 Newsletter Summer 2009 Newsletter Spring 2009 Newsletter

2008 Newsletters

  • Non-Physics Teachers are Teaching Physics - We Cannot Replace Them, but We Can Help Them! (Fall)
    Marty Alderman 
  • The First Year of PhysTEC at the University of Minnesota (Fall)
    Jon Anderson
  • 2008 PTEC Conference: "Master teachers: Change Agents for Teacher Preparation" (Summer)
    Gabe Popkin
  • Doing the Right Thing (and in the Right Place): Starting a Teacher Preparation Program at a Research University (Summer)
    Laurie E. McNeil
  • Improving Physics Education through a Diverse Research and Learning Community at Florida International University (Summer)
    Larid Kramer, Eric Brewe, and George O'Brien
  • Contributing to Teacher Preparation through "Broader Impacts" Activities (Summer)
    Monica Plisch
  • Plugging the Leaky Bucket: Retention of Physics Teacher Graduates from Ball State University (Spring)
    David Grosnick and James Watson
  • A Broad Approach to Mentoring in an inquiry-focused Early Teaching Experience (Spring)
    Laura Lising and Cody Sandifer

Fall 2008 NewsletterSummer 2008 NewsletterSpring 2008 Newsletter

2007 Newsletters

  • The Road from Bell Labs Researcher to High School Science teacher (Fall)
    B. I. Greene
  • Raising funds for UTech (Summer)
    Michael Marder
  • Transition to Teaching (Summer)
    Robin Willner
  • Leveraging Corporate Support for Science Education Reform at Seattle Pacific University (Summer)
    Eleanor Close

Fall 2007 NewsletterSummer 2007 Newsletter

2006 - 2007 Newsletters

  • Recruiting the Next Generation of Science Teachers (Fall)
    Ingrid Novodvorsky
  • Teacher Recruitment at the University of Arkansas (Fall)
    Gay Stewart
  • Teaching to Learn: The Colorado Learning Assistant Program's Impact on Learning Content (Fall)
    Noah D.Finkelstein, Valerie Otero, and Steven J. Pollock
  • A Quiet Revolution in Preparing Future Teachers of Physics (Spring)
    Julia Olsen and Drew Isola
  • Recruiting a New Generation of Physics Teachers at Western Michigan University (Spring)
    Drew Isola and Bob Poel
  • Strengthening the K12 Teacher Workforce (Spring)
    Joan T. Prival

Spring 2006 Newsletter

  • A Physics Teacher Education Program in the Phillippines 
    Ed van den Berg, Jocelyn Locay-Locay, and Marilou Gallos
  • A New Model Alternative Certification Program for HS Physics Teachers 
    Dan Maclsaac, Joe Zawicki, Kathleen Falconer, David Henry, and Dewayne Beery
  • A Course on Integrated Approaches in Physics Education
    Michael C. Wittman and John R. Thompson

Spring 2006 Newsletter

2005 Newsletters

  • UTeach (Fall)
    Michael Marder
  • Development of the Physics Teacher Education Program at Illinois State University (Fall)
    Carl J. Wenning and Richard F. Martin, Jr. 
  • Preparing Tomorrow's Physics teachers (Fall)
    Eugenia Etkina
  • Secondary Science teacher Preparation at the University of Arizona (Fall)
    Ingrid Novodvorsky
  • Preparing K-12 teachers to teach physics and physical science (Summer)
    Lillian C. McDermott, Paula R. L. Heron and Peter S. Shaffer
  • Physics Inquiry: A research-based approach to preparing K-12 teachers of physics and physical science (Summer)
    Lillian C. McDermott, Paula R. L. Heron and Petter S. Shaffer
  • Physics for Elementary Teachers: A New Curriculum (Summer)
    Steve Robinson, Fred Goldberg and Valerie Otero
  • An Advisory Group to Provide Input in the Preparation of Future Teachers (Spring)
    David Grosnick
  • Partners in the Preparation of Secondary Science Teachers (Spring)
    Ingrid Novodvorsky
  • CU Physics Education: Recruiting and Preparing Future Physics Teachers (Spring)
    Noah Finkelstein, Michael Dubson, Christopher Keller, Steven Pollock, Steve Iona, and Valerie Otero

Fall 2005 NewsletterSummer 2005 NewsletterSpring 2005 Newsletter

Summer 2004 Newsletter

Promoting Science Teacher Education at the University of Kentucky
John E. Christopher, Sally A. Shafer and Joseph P. Straley

Summer 2004 Newsletter

Spring 2002 Newsletter

  • A Coalition to Improve Teaching (Phystec)
    John Layman and Warren Hein
  • Improving the Quality and Quantity of K-12 Teachers of Mathematics and Science: The Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation in Pennsylvania
    Patsy Ann Johnson, P. James Moser, Robert A. Cohen, and Joan E. Mackin

Spring 2002 Newsletter

2001 Newsletters

  • The Blame Game in Teacher Preparation (Fall)
    Fredrick Stein
  • A Model Physics Teacher Education Program At Illinois State University (Summer)
    Carl J. Wenning

Fall 2001 NewsletterSummer 2001 Newsletter

Fall 2000 Newsletter

Why Teacher Preparation?
Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky and Gayle A. Buck

Fall 2000 Newsletter