Re: Is competence in physics as a requirement for teachers of ph

["Dr. William Newbolt" <NewboltW@madison.acad.wlu.edu>]

Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 08:39:22 -0500
Reply-to:      phys-l@mailer.uwf.edu
From:          "John C. Park" <park@UNITY.NCSU.EDU>
To:            phys-l@atlantis.uwf.edu
Subject:       Re: Is competence in physics as a requirement for teachers of
               physics?


> The answer to your problems is really very simple:
>
> Those who CAN, DO.
> Those who CAN'T, TEACH
> Those who CAN'T TEACH, TEACH TEACHERS TO TEACH.

Hmmm..... any research evidence for this?  Does this include both those who
teach science content and those who teach methods to teachers?  :)

John C. Park
Associate Professor of Science Education
North Carolina State University

I think this is getting out of hand.  It's true that when 
one in talking, it is nice to know what one is talking 
about.  No one is likely to know all there is to know about 
physics.  It is helpful to be able to say to students, "I 
don't know that answer, but I think I know where to find 
out."   Sometimes the answer has to be, "Probably no one 
has solved this problem -- maybe you can make a career 
trying to find the answer in theory, in experiment, or a 
combination of the two."        WBN
Barlow Newbolt
Department of Physics and Engineering
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
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