Session AAPT1: Physics Teaching and Physics Education Research

2:30 PM–3:30 PM, Friday, March 7, 2008
Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Marina Tower Room: Padre A

Chair: Lionel Hewett, Texas A and M Kingsville

Abstract ID: BAPS.2008.TSS.AAPT1.5

Abstract: AAPT1.00005 : UTeach Replication: Impacting Teacher Preparation at a University Near You

3:18 PM–3:30 PM

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Author:

  Jill Marshall
    (University of Texas)

In 2007 the National Mathematics and Science Initiative, with a grant from Exxon-Mobil, launched two major programs to improve science and mathematics education in the US: an Advanced Placement initiative and replication of the UTeach program. Twelve colleges and universities, from Florida to California, have been selected to receive grants of up to {\$}2.4 million to start UTeach-type programs. I will report on the requirements for these grants, what it really means to have a ``UTeach-type'' program and the evidence that such programs can affect the quantity and quality of physics teachers in the US.

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