PhysTEC

A video profile of Mary Lee McJimsey, a PhysTEC teacher from the Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo class of 2006. View Larger Version

Project Partners

The PhysTEC project is led by the American Physical Society, in partnership with the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Institute of Physics.

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Article about PhysTEC published in Physics Today

Physics TodayProject leaders Ted Hodapp of the American Physical Society, Jack Hehn of the American Institute of Physics, and Warren Hein of the American Association of Physics Teachers co-authored an article entitled "Preparing high-school physics teachers." The article appears in the February, 2009 edition of Physics Today.

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Copyright (2009) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.

2009 Physics Teacher Education Coalition Conference

PTEC 2009

The 2009 PTEC Conference was held in Pittsburgh on March 13 and 14, 2009. Over 100 participants attended workshops, panels, and talks by leaders in physics teacher preparation.

Presentations from the conference are available for download on the PTEC website.
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AndersonPhysTEC Teacher-in-Residence wins prize for particle physics presentation

Jon Anderson, Teacher-in-Residence at the University of Minnesota, won second prize in a contest at the 2008 Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics Teachers Conference. Read a recent article by Anderson about the University of Minnesota's PhysTEC program in the APS Forum on Education newsletter.

News & Announcements Archive

PTECThe project supports PTEC, a coalition of institutions dedicated to improving physics and physical science teacher preparation. PTEC sponsors an annual conference and a variety of workshops. How to Join PTEC

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