Travel Grant: Support of Participants to the International Conference on Physics Education; Tokyo, Japan; August 24-29,1986

该项目将支持20名物理教育工作者（6-8岁 大学物理学家和12-14高中物理 国际物理趋势会议（International Conference on Trends in Physics） 1986年8月24日至29日在日本东京举行。 的 会议将主要关注：（1）课堂问题 落实最近物理教育研究的成果， (2)技术对物理教学的影响;（3）物理教学中存在的问题 激励学生学习物理。 这些问题将 在中学和初级中学都考虑到了这一点。 本科水平。 该会议是世界上第一次此类会议， 远东，预计大部分参与者将在 高中物理教师。 该项目的目的是让美国物理教育工作者分享想法， 并从国际上获得对物理教学的新见解 同事这些见解将传播到其他物理学 美国的教育工作者，尤其是那些与课程有关的人 发展 参与者将被要求根据以下内容编写具体报告： 参与国际会议。 的重大课题 每个参与者都将关注的问题作为主题， 次报告. 主题将分为两大类：（1）现代是什么 在其他国家，物理学被纳入课程？ (2)怎么 其他国家设计了教师支持和干预方案？ 的 与会者将于1987年1月在旧金山弗朗西斯科重新聚集， 在美国年度联合会议上提交这些报告， 物理学会和美国物理教师协会 （AAPT）。 具体报告将在物理教学资源 代理商，并向现代物理课程改进小组。 在这些会议之后，将为选定的与会者做好准备， 1987年6月，与同一批人一起工作， 从报告中得到的改进。 近代物理课程 改进小组已经在开发物理课程材料 在高中和大学的入门课程教学。 输入 国际会议的与会者可能会导致 根据具体报告进行重大更改。 此外，报告将 发表在AAPT播音员和物理老师。

The project will support the attendance of 20 physics educators (6-8 college and university physicists and 12-14 high school physics teachers) at the International Conference on Trends in Physics Education, to be held in Tokyo, Japan, August 24-29, 1986. The conference will primarily be concerned with: (1) problems of classroom implementation of the results of recent research in physics education, (2) the impact of technology on physics teaching, and (3) the problem of motivating students to the study of physics. These problems will be considered at both the secondary school and the introductory undergraduate levels. The Conference is the first of its kind in the Far East, and a large fraction of the participants are expected to be physics teachers at the high school level. The intent of the project is for U.S. Physics educators to share ideas and gain new insights about physics teaching from International colleagues. These insights will be disseminated to other physics educators in the U.S., especially those involved with curriculum development. Participants will be required to develop specific reports based upon their involvement at the International Conference. A major topic of concern will be assigned to each participant as a primary theme for the report. Topics will be under two major categories: (1) How is modern physics integrated into the curriculum in other countries? (2) How have other countries designed teacher support and intervention programs? The participants will reassemble in Jaunary 1987, in San Francisco to present these reports at the annual joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). Specific reports will be made to Physics Teaching Resource Agents, and to the Modern Physics Curriculum Improvement Group. Following these sessions, selected participants will be prepared for working with the same groups in June 1987, to implement ideas for improvements gleaned from the reports. The Modern Physics Curriculum Improvement Group is already developing curriculum materials for physics teaching in high schools and introductory college courses. The input from the International Conference participants is likely to lead to significant changes based upon specific reports. Also, the reports will be published in the AAPT Announcer and in The Physics Teacher.