1. Update from the 2019 PhysTEC conference
James de Winter

2. James de Winter jad26@cam.ac.uk
n things I have learnt from spending time with American physics teacher educators
James de Winter

3. 0: Who/what is PhysTEC

4. 1: It’s worse in the US than it is here
Of the approximately 3,100 teachers who are new to teaching physics each year, only about 1,100, or 35%, have a degree in physics or physics education.

5. 1: It’s worse in the US than it is here

6. 2: It’s better in the US than it is here
The numbers of high school students taking physics has been growing rapidly: over the past two decades, that number has more than doubled to 1.38 million students.
Overall, 39% of high school graduates have taken a physics class.

7. 3: There are detailed reports available

8. 4: There are some great, research informed books and courses that have been developed

9. 4: There are some great, research informed books and courses that have been developed

10. 5: I love the IOP, but AAPT are pretty good

11. 6: There is an entire research field on teaching and learning in physics

12. 6: There is an entire research field on teaching and learning in physics

13. 7: Much of the PER output is freely available

14. 7: Much of the PER output is freely available

15. 8: Maybe every UK physics teacher should know who these people are?

16. 9: Why I’m hanging out with them. My current research
What is so special about being a physics teacher?
General Attributes ?
Physics Specific Attributes
Practical Work
Mathematical Challenges
Conceptual Challenges