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2009 Conference on the Preparation of Physics and Physical Science Teachers

The 2009 PTEC Conference will be held in Pittsburgh on March 13th and March 14th, 2009. The theme will be "Institutional Change."

PTEC Book: Collected Papers on Teacher Preparation

Thirty-five submissions for the book on teacher preparation have been received. The submission deadline has passed. The book, to be published jointly by the American Physical Society and American Association of Physics Teachers, will include new reports reflecting cutting-edge research and practice, as well as reprints of previously published seminal papers.


Features

PhysTEC Newsletter Volume 1 - Spring 2008

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.


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Paul Hickman's
Eye on Education

Building a 21st Century U.S. Education System

Last year, nearly a decade after the report, "What Matters Most" the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future published a book called, "Building a 21st Century U.S. Education System." The book can be read online by individual chapters or downloaded in its entirety. The chapter by Barbara Kelley speaks to Teacher Recruitment, Preparation, Induction, Retention, and Distribution.  Table of Contents

Eye on Education Archive...


Teacher Research Opportunities

Our Teacher Research Opportunities Map shows NSF-funded Research Experiences for Teachers, QuarkNet centers, and Department of Energy national laboratory internships for preservice teachers.

PTEC Member Institutions

Map of PTEC Institutions

The Mission of the Physics Teacher Education Coalition is the improvement of K-12 physics and physical science teacher preparation. Take a look at the PTEC Institutions.


New PTEC Library Materials