Teacher Education in Physics: Collected Papers
There is growing national recognition of a need for improved preparation of physics and physical-science teachers. At the same time, there is an extensive and growing body of research and research-based practice related to this issue. Although reports of individual projects have been published over the years, there is as yet no single source in which scholarly work in this field has been made available. Until now, physics department faculty in colleges and universities who have an interest in teacher preparation have either had to search the literature or attempt to develop their own programs and practices without adequate reference to other relevant work.
In response, the American Physical Society and American Association of Physics Teachers have decided to publish a compendium of articles on the preparation of physics and physical-science teachers. This book will include new reports reflecting cutting-edge research and practice, as well as reprints of previously published seminal papers. The book will have three primary objectives: (1) to provide a resource for physics departments and faculty members who wish to develop and/or expand programs for pre-service or in-service teachers; (2) to encourage scholarly documentation of ongoing research and practice, in a form accessible to a broad audience of physicists; (3) to encourage recognition of teacher preparation as a scholarly endeavor appropriate for faculty in physics departments. It is planned that printed copies of the book will be distributed to chairs of all physics departments in the United States. The book will also be freely available online. Publication is expected in 2010.
The full guidelines and policies for the book are available here.
Project Status
Comments from the Editors and Editorial Board of the forthcoming Teacher Education Bookwere sent to all prospective authors on July 10. These authors had submitted a total of 18 revised prospectuses for consideration by the editors of the teacher preparation book. Most were encouraged to submit a full manuscript either to the American Journal of Physics or to Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education Research. The deadline for submission of those manuscripts was set at November 10, 2009. When the manuscripts are received by the journals they will undergo the normal journal review process, as well as further review by the book editors.
Editors
David E. Meltzer
Arizona State University
(david.meltzer@asu.edu)
Peter S. Shaffer
University of Washington
(shaffer@phys.washington.edu)
Editorial Board
Karen Cummings
Southern Connecticut University
Andy Elby
University of Maryland
Fred Goldberg
San Diego State University
Jill Marshall
University of Texas, Austin
Valerie Otero
University of Colorado
Richard Steinberg
City College of New York
Stamatis Vokos
Seattle Pacific University
Robert Beichner
North Carolina State University
Gene Sprouse
American Physical Society
Dan Kulp
American Physical Society
Jan Tobochnik
Kalamazoo College
