Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC)

国家需要培养受过更好培训和教育的物理和科学教师。 PhysTEC项目是APS，AIP和AAPT的一项努力，旨在改善一系列选定的小学课程机构（PPI）物理系的教师准备。 项目PI将与六个PPI合作，以改变大学一级职前教师课程的教学方式，并通过利用专业协会的影响力和影响力，在这些校园的物理和教育部门之间建立桥梁，并最终在全国范围内。 这项建议的努力是一个重要的机会，使教师的教学方式发生重大变化，并鼓励继续科学教育。该提案将使内容-人和方法-人共同合作解决各机构遇到的问题，并将注意到科学教育中经常被忽视的问题。该建议将涉及以综合内容知识和教学法的方式对未来教师进行培训。 同样重要的是，科学教师和教育学院教师可以合作，以教育，鼓励和指导未来的科学教师的机制。

There is a National need to develop better-trained and educated physics and science teachers. The PhysTEC project is an effort of the APS, AIP, and AAPT, to improve teacher preparation within physics departments at a set of selected Primary Program Institutions (PPIs). The project PI's will work with six PPIs to produce a change in the way courses for pre-service teachers are taught at the university level and, by leveraging the clout and influence of professional associations, bridges will be built between physics and education departments on these campuses and eventually across the country. The efforts of this proposal are an important opportunity to make significant changes in the way teacher are taught and encouraged to continue with science education. The proposal will involve both content-people and methods-people in cooperatively attacking problems encountered in the various institutions and would give attention to what has often been overlooked in science education. The proposal will deal with structuring the training of prospective teachers in ways that integrate content knowledge and pedagogy. Also important are the mechanisms by which science faculty and school of education faculty can collaborate toward educating, encouraging and mentoring prospective science teachers for the future.