Seattle Pacific University site leader Stamatis Vokos and students do a force-and-motion experiment.
PhysTEC Project Contact
Seattle Pacific University
Lane Seeley
Physics Department
Seattle Pacific University
OMH 131 Seattle Pacific University
3307 Third Ave. W.
Seattle, WA 98119
Tel: 206-281-2011
Fax: 206-378-5400.
Seattle Pacific is a fairly small (ca. 3000 student), four-year, liberal-arts institution, so it has the potential to serve as a model for teacher preparation programs at small colleges. Its TIR is funded by external sources (Boeing Corporation) rather than PhysTEC, and therefore has a somewhat different role from the traditional PhysTEC TIR. Seattle Pacific also benefits from its proximity to both the University of Washington, with its renowned PER group, and to several progressive school districts, including Seattle and Bellevue, which collaborate with SPU to provide professional development. Seattle Pacific boasts a Learning Assistant program that includes a pedagogy course modeled after that of Valerie Otero of Colorado.
