Physics Teacher Education Coalition II (PhysTEC-II)

该提案是由美国物理学会（APS）和美国物理教师协会（AAPT）领导的物理教师教育联盟（PhysTEC）的更新提案。该项目的总体目标是建立国家培养更多高素质物理和物理科学教师的能力，从而解决美国合格物理和物理科学中学教师的严重短缺问题。该项目的目标是：展示和提供可持续的模式，a)增加高素质高中物理教师的数量；b)提高K-8物理科学教师教育的质量；倡导改善物理学界的教师教育，并通过致力于这项工作的机构联盟传播最佳实践理念；直接与物理系合作，让物理系参与到教师教育中来，针对有迫切需求的领域。项目点将采用教师教育的最佳实践，包括经过研究的提高学生学习能力的课程和方法，以及经过研究验证的评估工具，以衡量教师素质的重要方面。这些网站将收集和报告有关教师产出、教师质量和教师留任以及项目要素和创新实施的数据。与杰出的物理教育研究人员建立了合作工作关系，他们将领导学术调查，回答教师教育中的研究问题，并就评估活动向项目提供建议。该项目将使用调查作为会议、讲习班和其他活动的形成性评价。来自physstec机构和项目外的教师将受益于驻校教师和当地教师咨询小组提供的指导和专业发展。美国物理学会和美国物理学会共有5万多名物理专业人士，通过这个项目，它们将向其成员传播教师教育知识，并为PTEC联盟机构举办会议和讲习班。

This proposal is a renewal proposal for the Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC), led by the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). The overall aim of the project is to build the capacity of the nation to produce more highly-qualified physics and physical science teachers, and thus address the critical shortage of qualified physics and physical science secondary teachers in the U.S. The goals of the project are to: demonstrate and provide sustainable models for a) increasing the number of highly qualified high school physics teachers and b) improving the quality of K-8 physical science teacher education; advocate for improving teacher education within the physics community, and spread best practice ideas through a coalition of institutions committed to this work; and work directly with physics departments to engage them in educating teachers, targeting areas of critical need. Project sites will adopt best practices in teacher education, including researched curricula and methods shown to increase student learning, and research-validated assessment tools to measure important aspects of teacher quality. The sites will collect and report data on teacher production, teacher quality and teacher retention, as well as implementation of program elements and innovations. Collaborative working relationships with prominent physics education researchers have been developed who will lead scholarly investigations to answer research questions in teacher education and advise the project on assessment activities. The project will use surveys as a formative evaluation of conferences, workshops, and other activities. Teachers from PhysTEC institutions and from outside the project will benefit from mentoring and professional development provided by Teachers-In-Residence and local Teacher Advisory Groups. With a combined membership of over 50,000 physics professionals, the APS and AAPT, through this project, will disseminate knowledge on teacher education to its members, and through conferences and workshops for PTEC Coalition institutions.