PhysTEC
Valerie Otero

Valerie Otero from Colorado making a presentation at the 2005 PTEC Conference

Articles by PhysTEC Management Team

Articles by PhysTEC Site Leaders

Publicity

Press

"U takes part in effort to improve physics teaching" Minnesota Daily, 11/9/2008

"Teaching Physics Matters" Connect (University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development alumni magazine) Fall 2008

Presentations

2008

pdfThe Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Monica Plisch, Assistant Director of Education, American Physical Society
Presented on 10 October, 2008 at the PTEC-Northwest Regional Conference, Seattle, WA

pdfPhysics Teacher Preparation: Problems, Perspectives, and Solutions
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education and Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 17 August 2008 at the American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

pdfPhysics Teacher Preparation: Problems, Perspectives, and Solutions
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education and Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 21 July 2008 at the AAPT Summer Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta

pdfLeaky Bucket or Revolving Door: Why Don't We Support Our Novice Teachers?
Paul Hickman, Science Education Consultant and Marcia Fetters, Western Michigan University
Presented on 21 July, 2008 at the Summer AAPT Meeting at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

pdfThe Role of Physics Departments in the Recruitment, Preparation and Support of Pre‐college Teachers of Physics
Lane Seeley and Stamatis Vokos, Seattle Pacific University, and Pam Kraus, Facet Innovations LLC
Presented on 17 May 2008 at the APS Northwest Section Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon

pdfPhysTEC and its Message for All Science Educators
Marty Alderman, PhysTEC Teacher-in-Residence, Cornell University
Presented on 19 April 2008 at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

pdfThe Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Monica Plisch, Assistant Director of Education, American Physical Society
Presented on 8 March 2008 at the Joint Spring Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS, AAPT, and SPS Zone 13.

pdfA Crisis in Teacher Preparation: National Problem, Local Solutions
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education and Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 28 January 2008 at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

2007

pdfRising Above the Gathering Storm: Recruiting and Training the Physics Teachers and Physicists of Tomorrow
Rob Thorne, Cornell University
Presented on 30 November 2007 at Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

pdfThe State of High School Physics and Physics First
Paul Hickman, PhysTEC Project Consultant
Presented on 20 November 2007 at The State of Science Education Reform,
Carroll County, MD

pdfAPS Education & Diversity Efforts: System, Need, Programs, Results
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education and Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 2 October, 2007 at the Institute of Physics, London, England

pdfPhysTEC at Ball State University
Ball State University PhysTEC Team
Presented on 25 September 2007 at Ball State University, Muncie, IN

pdfThe Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education and Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 11 September 2007 at Misericordia University, Dallas, PA

pdfPreparing and Supporting Effective STEM Teachers: Discipline-Based Professional Societies Respond
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education & Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 10 September 2007 at the DR-K12 Meeting, Arlington, VA

pdfPreparing Future Physics Teachers: the Physics Teacher Education Coalition
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education & Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 3 August 2007 at the North Carolina PTEC Workshop, Chapel Hill, NC

pdfMaster Teachers: Two Different Programs with Different Roles to Support Teachers of Physics
Paul Hickman, PhysTEC Project Consultant, and Jill Marshall, University of Texas at Austin
Presented on 3 August 2007 at the North Carolina PTEC Workshop, Chapel Hill, NC

pdfThe STEM Colorado Learning Assistant Program
Valerie Otero, University of Colorado at Boulder
Presented on 3 August 2007 at the North Carolina PTEC Workshop, Chapel Hill, NC

pdfPedagogical Content Knowledge
Eugenia Etkina, Professor, Rutgers University
Presented on 3 August 2007 at the Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PTEC) - North Carolina regional meeting

pdfThe Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education and Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 19 April 2007 at a meeting of the Renaissance Group at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA

pdfPhysTEC: Physics Teacher Education Coalition
Ingrid Novodvorsky, Director, CoS Teacher Prep Program, University of Arizona
Presented on 7 April 2007 at the Spring Meeting of the Arizona Section of AAPT at Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, AZ

pdfRecruitment: A Critical Element in Addressing the National Shortage of Physics Teachers
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education & Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 3 March 2007, Boulder, CO

pdfPhysics Teaching: The Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education & Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 26 February 2007, Raleigh, North Carolina

pdfRecruiting the Next Generation of Physics Teachers: National Concerns
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education & Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 22 February 2007, Boston, Massachusetts

pdfRecruiting the Next Generation of Physics Teachers: National Concerns
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education & Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 8 January 2007, Seattle, Washington

pdfPhysics Teaching: The Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education & Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 5 January 2007, Clearwater Beach, Florida

2006

pdfPhysTEC: Addressing a National Need in Physics Teacher Preparation
Ted Hodapp, Director of Education & Diversity, American Physical Society
Presented on 26 July 2006 at the Summer 2006 meeting of the AAPT at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

pdfThe Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Warren Hein, Associate Executive Officer, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
Presented on 30 September 2006 at the North Carolina Section Meeting of AAPT at Elon College, Elon, NC

pdfThe Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Theodore Hodapp, Director of Education and Outreach, American Physical Society
Presented on 25 September 2006 at a physics department colloquium at
Florida International University, Miami, FL

pdfThe Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Theodore Hodapp, Director of Education and Outreach, American Physical Society
Presented at the Cornell University conference: "The Role of Colleges and Universities in
Preparing Future Physics Teachers", 19 June 2006, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

pdfThe Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Theodore Hodapp, Director of Education and Outreach, American Physical Society
Presented at the APS/AAPT Physics Department Chairs' Meeting, 10 June 2006, American Center for Physics, College Park, MD

pdfRising Above the Gathering Storm by Elevating the Status of Education
Noah Finkelstein, Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Presented at the APS/AAPT Physics Department Chairs' Meeting, 10 June 2006, American Center for Physics, College Park, MD

pdfThe Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Theodore Hodapp, Director of Education and Outreach, American Physical Society
Presented at the National Science Foundation, 22 May 2006, Arlington, VA

pdfThe National Crisis in Physics and Physical Science Teacher Preparation
Theodore Hodapp, Director of Education and Outreach, American Physical Society
Presented at the Physics Teacher Education Coalition Conference 24 March 2006, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

pdfThe Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Theodore Hodapp, Director of Education and Outreach, American Physical Society
Presented at a James Madison University Physics Department Seminar, 17 March 2006, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

pdfThe Assessment of an Initial Science Teacher Preparation Program
Ingrid Novodvorsky, Vincente Talanquer, and Debra Tomanek, University of Arizona
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in
Science Teaching (NARST), 4 April, 2006, San Francisco, CA

pdfStudent Teachers' Thinking Revealed in Self-reported Dilemmas
Debra Tomanek, Vincente Talanquer, and Ingrid Novodvorsky, University of Arizona
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), 4 April, 2006, San Francisco, CA

pdfThe Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Theodore Hodapp, Director of Education and Outreach, American Physical Society
Presented at the Cornell University Conference, 28 February 2006, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

2005

pdfThe Physics Teacher Education Coalition: Lessons and Support in Building and Improving Pre-service Teacher Education Programs
Theodore Hodapp, Director of Education and Outreach, American Physical Society
Presented at the Tri-regional AAPT meeting, Luther College, Decorah, IA, 28 Oct 2005

pdfThe Assessment of an Initial Sscience Teacher Preparation Program
Ingrid Novodvorsky, Vincente Talanquer, and Debra Tomanek, University of Arizona
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), 9 August 2005, Salt Lake City, UT