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Preparing physics graduate students to be educators

American Journal of Physics -- July 2008 -- Volume 76, Issue 7, pp. 684-690

Issue Date: July 2008
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    Research in physics education
  • YEAR: 2008

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Edward Price
Department of Physics, California State University at San Marcos, San Marcos, California 92096

Noah Finkelstein
Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309
We discuss two efforts that support the preparation of graduate students for their roles as professional physicists, particularly in the areas of teaching and education research. The Preparing Future Physicists program and the Teaching and Learning Physics course are mutually supportive, address broader graduate roles, and support the development of physics education research. Students' participation in these activities increases their mastery of physics, develops their interest in education and teaching, and engages them in research projects in physics education. We describe these efforts and identify critical features of their successes.

©2008 American Association of Physics Teachers
History: Received 28 August 2006; accepted 23 February 2008
Permalink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2897288

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