[Phys-l] Are Ed Administrators Aware of Physics Ed Research?

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in a recent post "Are 
Ed Administrators Aware of Physics Ed Research?" [Hake (2011)]. The 
abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT:  PhysLrnR's John (Texas) Clement posed the question 
(paraphrasing): "Are Ed Administrators Aware of Physics Ed Research 
(PER)?"

Bill Goffe responded (paraphrasing): "I would guess that PER is 
rarely mentioned in conferences that Ed administrators might attend 
or material they're likely to read: e.g., "American Educator" 
<http://bit.ly/exyqTr> or the "Chronicle of Higher Education's" 
ProfHacker blog <http://bit.ly/ejFDah>.

There *have* been a few isolated mentions of PER in the:

a. "American Educator": Paul Gross' "Learning Science: Content - with 
Reason" at  <http://bit.ly/fGnzMp>.

b. Chronicle's ProfHacker blog: Heather Whitney's "Just-in-Time 
Teaching: Beyond Physics" at <http://bit.ly/dX1hRW> and "Concept 
Inventories: Beyond Physics" at <http://bit.ly/hlgmJ1>.
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To access the complete 13 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/fyACYK>.


Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the
      Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)
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"An important scientific innovation. . .[or 'unorthodox idea'] . . . 
rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its 
opponents: it rarely happens that Saul becomes Paul.  What does 
happen is that ITS OPPONENTS GRADUALLY DIE OUT and that the growing 
generation is familiarized with the idea from the beginning: another 
instance of the fact that the future lies with the young."
            Max Planck (1936)


REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 18 Feb 2011.]

Hake, R.R. 2011. "Are Ed Administrators Aware of Physics Ed Research?"
online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/fyACYK>. Post 
of 18 Feb 2011 14:23:50-0800 to AERA-L, Net-Gold, and PhysLrnR.  The 
abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to 
various discussion lists are also online on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" 
at  <http://bit.ly/e9nwmK> with a provision for comments.

Planck, M. 1936. "The Philosophy of Physics." W.W. Norton. Amazon.com 
information at <http://amzn.to/e0Ao1G>.