Working Groups
A "working group" is a discussion group whose task is to
develop a well-articulated position on the topic at hand. Reports from these working groups were published in the Fall, 2005, newsletter of the American Physical Society Forum on Education.
Maximizing the Benefits of Physics Education Research: Building Productive Relationships and Promoting Institutional Change
(Charles Henderson and Tim Stelzer)
Davis Classroom
This group will have the task of identifying how those of us
in PER may best cultivate productive relationships with faculty in
physics departments.
A Literary Canon in Physics Education Research
(John Thompson and Brad Ambrose)
Davis Living Room
This group will have the task of devising a PER canon -- a
set of readings that our community considers basic and necessary.
Lobbying for Discipline-based Education Research
(David Meltzer and Paula Heron)
Botany Lab
This group will have the task of making an action plan for
encouraging NSF and/or other organizations to dedicate funding to
discipline-based education research.
PER for K-12 Teachers
(Peter Shaffer)
Blair/Tyson 3rd Floor Lounge,
section C
This group will have the task of spelling out an ideal
relationship between PER (or the PER community) and K-12 teachers.
Querying Other Fields
(Andrew Elby and Mike Loverude)
Blair/Tyson 3rd Floor Lounge,
section D
This group will have the task of articulating what questions
we in PER have that other fields might be able to answer for us.
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