Students in North Carolina's science pedagogy course do an experiment as lecturer Alice Churukian looks on.PhysTEC Project Contacts
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Laurie McNeil
Physics & Astronomy Dept
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Phillips Hall CB #3255
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255
Tel: 919-062-2078
Fax: 919-962-0480
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University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Western Michigan University
| PhysTEC Teachers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Band | Baseline | project | ||||||
| Yr 1 2004 - 2005 |
Yr 2 2005 - 2006 |
Yr 3 2006 - 2007 |
Yr 1 2007- 2008 |
Yr 2 2008 - 2009 |
Yr 3 2009 - 2010 |
Yr 4 2010 - 2011 |
Yr 5 2011 - 2012 |
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| PhysTEC Secondary Graduates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Future physics teachers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Commentary on PhysTEC Teachers data:
Our PhysTEC project has no elementary teachers. Our School of Education does prepare elementary teachers, but the Physics & Astronomy Department does not participate.
Two students who participated in the pedagogy course in Spring 2008 and graduated in May 2009 are pursuing careers in Secondary Education. One completed the UNC-BEST program and is on the job market while the other (who did not complete the full UNC-BEST program and therefore is not eligible for certification) has been hired to teach in a private high school in North Carolina through the Southern Teachers Agency.
One physics student is currently accepted into the UNC-BEST program and one physics student plans to apply in the fall.
| PhysTEC Mentors and Mentees | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | project | |||||||
| Yr 1 2004 - 2005 |
Yr 2 2005 - 2006 |
Yr 3 2006 - 2007 |
Yr 1 2007- 2008 |
Yr 2 2008 - 2009 |
Yr 3 2009 - 2010 |
Yr 4 2010 - 2011 |
Yr 5 2011 - 2012 |
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| PhysTEC Mentors (Current and Prior TIRs) | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| PhysTEC Mentees | 6 | 9 | ||||||
| Mentored PhysTEC Teachers | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mentored Non-PhysTEC Teachers | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Commentary on mentors and mentees data: This includes all students in the physics pedagogy course in Spring 2009 plus those who took the course in Spring 2008 and plan to work as teachers in AY2009/10.
| PhysTEC Enrollments | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Type | Baseline | project | ||||||||
| Yr 1 2004 - 2005 |
Yr 2 2005 - 2006 |
Yr 3 2006 - 2007 |
Yr 1 2007- 2008 |
Yr 2 2008 - 2009 |
Yr 3 2009 - 2010 |
Yr 4 2010 - 2011 |
Yr 5 2011 - 2012 |
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| Introductory calculus-based mechanics | 214 | 267 | 310 | 310 | 344 | |||||
| Introductory calculus-based e&m and optics | 159 | 173 | 210 | 204 | 185 | |||||
| Introductory algebra-based I | 516 | 603 | 715 | 649 | 649 | |||||
| Introductory algebra-based II | 410 | 432 | 522 | 517 | 565 | |||||
| Physics pedagogy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| UNC-BEST recruiting seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Total | 1299 | 1475 | 1757 | 1686 | 1757 | |||||
Commentary on enrollment data:
The teacher preparation program began in 2007/08 and the pedagogy course was taught for the first time in Spring 2008. Students were admitted to the teacher preparation program for the first time in May 2008. The UNC-BEST recruiting seminar was offered for the first time in Spring 2009. Recorded data are based on end-of-semester enrollments.
