Physics Programs of interest for Two Year Colleges
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Two-Year College New Faculty Experience The AAPT presents a 14-month
experience designed specifically for Two-Year College Physics Faculty in
their first five years of teaching. This Experience
is designed to equip new faculty members with knowledge of
active learning techniques that are both
based on Physics Education Research (PER) and that have been successfully
implemented at two-year colleges across the country.
Led by experienced two-year college physics instructors, this
conference will empower a new faculty member as they embark on the important
mission of developing critical thinking skills in their students and
developing the future technological workforce for this country. Need to know
more? Contact Scott Schultz at
sfschult@delta.edu - TYC21
is a national network of
Two Year College Physics Teachers whose goal is to improve physics education through
shared information and programs. Sponsored by AAPT and funded by NSF. Some
background about the program can be found in this
newsletter. At the
Physical Sciences Resource Center you can find
teachers, participating in the TYC 21 project, who are willing to serve as a
resource for physics and physical science teachers at two-year colleges. Also see the
TYC21 Isolation Study and
TYC21 Networking Model.
- TYC Physics Workshops
features several workshops a year on teaching strategies for Introductory
Physics. Sponsored and funded by Lee College, Estrella Mountain Community
College, and NSF.
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SPIN-UP/TYC
Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics at Two-Year
Colleges (SPIN-UP/TYC) is a project to find exemplary physics programs at
two-year colleges from which a large number of minorities and women enter
science, technology, engineering or math programs at a four-year college or
university. SPIN-UP/TYC also is documenting programs that encourage students
to elect teacher preparation programs at four-year colleges or universities.
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NTFUP
National Task
Force on Undergraduate Physics. The report on project SPIN-UP (Strategic
Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics) is now available at the NTFUP web page. You may choose to download the complete report, or download
the report in sections. The report is also available as a printed, bound
booklet in limited quantities; to order a free copy, please contact
aapt-memb@aapt.org.
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PEPTYC
The Physics Enhancement Program for Two Year College faculty started in May
1991 with a group of 24 Texas faculty members. As the project evolved
over the next eleven years, the participants later came from the Southwest
part of the country and eventually from all over the US. The goals of
the project are to provide modern physics content seminars and innovative
pedagogical approaches to teaching introductory physics.
(Source:
Some Thoughts on Teaching) -
PET
Physics for Elementary Teachers - also of interest to two year colleges.
It is a new one-semester
activity-based and discussion-oriented physics course aimed at prospective
elementary teachers.This year PET is being field- tested at 25 two-year and four-year institutions,
with about 35 different faculty members teaching the course. Here is more
information provided by
project director Fred Goldberg (fgoldberg@sciences.sdsu.edu).
Hosted by
Green River
Community College, Auburn, Washington. Maintained by the
Physics Department
mail:
anarayan@greenriver.edu
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