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Mentoring pre- and in-service physics teachers: opportunities and challenges

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Abstract

In this workshop, participants will learn how to apply the theoretical framework of Productive Habits Development Through Apprenticeship in a Community to examine the issues of mentoring pre- and in-service physics teachers during three stages: before they join a physics teacher preparation program, while they are in the program, and after their graduation. The participants will then apply this framework to their own program and start developing a mentoring plan.

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Publication: Etkina, E., Gregorcic, B., & Vokos, S. (2017) Organizing physics teacher professional education around productive habit development: A way to meet reform challenges. Physical Review, Physics Education Research, 13, 010107, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.13.010107.<br>Etkina, E. (2015). Using early teaching experiences and a professional community to prepare pre-service teachers for every-day classroom challenges, to create habits of student-centered instruction and to prevent attrition. In C. Sandifer and E. Brewe (Eds.), Recruiting and Educating Future Physics Teachers: Case Studies and Effective Practices (249-266). College Park, MD: American Physical Society.

Presenters

  • Eugenia Etkina

    Rutgers University Graduate School of Education

Authors

  • Eugenia Etkina

    Rutgers University Graduate School of Education

  • Danielle Bugge

    West Windsor Plainsboro High School