Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC)

全国需要培养训练有素、受过良好教育的物理和科学教师。physstec项目是美国物理学会（APS）、美国物理学会（AIP）和美国物理学会（AAPT）的一项努力，旨在改善选定的小学项目机构（PPIs）物理系教师的准备工作。项目PI将与6个PI合作，改变大学职前教师课程的教学方式，并利用专业协会的影响力，在这些校园的物理和教育部门之间架起桥梁，最终在全国范围内架起桥梁。这项提案的努力是一个重要的机会，可以对教师的教学方式进行重大改变，并鼓励他们继续从事科学教育。该提案将涉及内容——人和方法——人在合作解决各种机构中遇到的问题，并将关注科学教育中经常被忽视的问题。该提案将以整合内容知识和教学法的方式组织未来教师的培训。同样重要的是，科学教师和教育学院教师可以合作教育、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.