Physics Teaching Web Advisory (Pathway)

written by Dean A. Zollman

Often a physics teacher, particularly one who is new to teaching physics, just needs an experienced colleague to answer a question about teaching, a particular physics topic, or give advice on a good demonstration; maybe the teacher just needs a video clip to illustrate a concept. The Physics Teaching Web Advisory (Pathway) is a state-of-the-art, Web-based digital video database that is providing just this kind of assistance.

http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2009/zollman.cfm

Mentoring Beginning Physics Teachers

written by Drew Isola and Dale Freeland

A presentation on the PhysTEC project and the mentoring of beginning physics teachers. The presentation discusses the problem of teacher attrition and the role of mentoring in solving the attrition problem.

http://www.ptec.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7590&DocID=599