2007 Conference on the Preparation of Physics and Physical Science Teachers

Mar 03, 2007 - Mar 04, 2007 in Boulder, CO at the Millennium Harvest House Hotel
Physics Teacher Education Coalition event

This conference, "Recruitment: A Critical Element in Addressing the National Shortage of Physics Teachers", will explore the recruitment of physics and physical science teachers, in the broadest context--how to recruit students into physics at the college level; how to interest them in high school physics teaching careers: and how to keep them in the classroom through ongoing support. In addition to recruitment, the conference offers relevant physics education research (PER) and its applications.
The conference program features six sessions of four concurrent 90-minute workshops. The Conference will start with breakfast and a welcoming address on
March 3 (Saturday), and it will end at 3:30 on March 4 (Sunday).  Beyond the scheduled sessions, considerable time has been built into the program to enable participants and presenters to share ideas.  The participants in these workshops will be actively engaged to model the most effective kind of learning environment.