Re: [Phys-l] Sir, Can We Do Something Easier?

["David T. Marx" <marx@phy.ilstu.edu>]

At Illinois State Univ., we have enjoyed an increasing trend in our number of students in our 
Physics Teacher Education program for the past several years.  We currently have more than 40 such 
students in the sequence.  Our total number of majors in our 4 degree sequences is over 130.  We 
only offer undergraduate degrees in our department.

Cheers,
David Marx

> Then there is the problem that colleges are not graduating enough competent
> science and math teachers.  Indeed in many states the flow has reduced to a
> trickle.
>
> There is one bright spot in TX.  Univ of TX at Austin has started a program
> called UTEACH which integrates training in PER and Science research
> curricula into science teacher training.  It has dramatically increased the
> production of new science teachers and increased the 5 year retention rate.
>
> John M. Clement
> Houston, TX
>
>
> > I especially like the final quotation from Sanford Smith... "you
> > shouldn't have to work that hard to make physics exciting, because ... "
> > - he pauses, on the edge of the great unmentionable - "it is exciting.
> > You just need to know enough about it."
> >
> > That seems a difficult hurdle... Getting students sufficiently into
> > physics that they see the excitement.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Forum for Physics Educators
> Phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
> https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/mailman/listinfo/phys-l