[Phys-L] Re: SACS question

[Robert Cohen <Robert.Cohen@PO-BOX.ESU.EDU>]

This discussion reminds me of ones I occasionally have with prospective
or in-service teachers who want to teach (or have taught) physical
science in the middle school without ever taking a physics course
themselves.  They frequently seem convinced that their background is
more than sufficient (after all, they assert, they had taken and passed
a middle school physical science course and/or have "successfully"
taught middle school science for years).  Are they qualified to say
whether their background is sufficient or not?

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Robert Cohen; 570-422-3428; www.esu.edu/~bbq
East Stroudsburg University; E. Stroudsburg, PA 18301


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forum for Physics Educators
> [mailto:PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu] On Behalf Of Bernard Cleyet
> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:49 PM
>
> I was under the misapprehension that this was intro.
> Astronomy.  I think a Ph.D. or even an MA (Physics) would be
> over qualified, if anything. Advanced / specialized topics
> in, would be another matter.
>
> bc who taught intro astron. at two different Community
> Colleges 'till prop. 13 wiped out the courses -- w/o ever
> taking an astron. course.
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