Re: Questions in the Classroom

[SSHS KPHOX <kphox@MAIL.CCSD.K12.CO.US>]

PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu writes:
> I was wondering if teachers at the high school level also go through
> this period of personal development.

My most exciting years of teaching were the first year of teaching PSSC
where I finally began to understand most of introductory Physics, then the
first year I taught astronomy ( I never studied it formally but I knew
some Physics and my grandfather was an astronomer....true story on my
qulaifications) and the first year of teaching AP Physics where I had to
relearn my calculus. Today my attempts to teach Relativity is still full
of my sharing with my students that I am still on a steep learning curve
and that we can do it together. It is hard to create this image in every
class, but when I do and really share my sense of wonder with the
students, the class is magical!

It is important to establish an air of being a competent learner , none
the less.

Ken Fox
AP/IB Physics Teacher
Smoky Hill High School
Aurora, CO