Sessions B1 and B2: "What should K-12 teachers be prepared to do?", and "What can college physics departments do to help K-12 teachers get this training?"

Thursday Morning, March 7, 2002, Miller Science (334)
8:20-8:50 am	Plenary Speaker: Karen Johnston,, North Carolina State University, "What Can Be Done and What Is Being Done?"
8:50-9:00 am	Charge to Breakout Groups B1 & B2: E. Leonard Jossem, Ohio State University
9:00-9:45 am	Breakout Groups B1: "What Should K-12 Teachers Be Prepared To Do?" Miller Science (318, 321, 323, 326, 330, 333, 334)
10:00-10:45 am	Breakout Groups B2: "What Can College Physics Departments Do To Help K-12 Teachers Get This Training?” Miller Science (318, 321, 323, 326, 330, 333, 334)
10:50-11:50 am	General Assembly: Reports from B1 and B2 and discussion - Miller Science (334)

The plenary speaker for this session was Karen Johnston. Her presentation can be found here.

The charge to the breakout groups for session B1 was "Define a set of outcomes for a physics course for pre-sevice teachers and/or a physics course enrolling students who intend to become teachers. These outcomes should define a set of skills that a pre-service teacher should have when completing a physics course or course sequence. Again the skills may be different depending on what level the teacher will be working."

The charge to the breakout groups for session B2 was "Develop both short and long term plans for physics departments to better prepare K-12 teachers to teach science. These can take any form from curriculum development to development of collaborations with other institutions and colleges of education at your institution or a neighboring institution."

The charge was delivered by E. Leonard Jossem, and his presentation can be found here

Reports from the breakout groups can be found here.

Elements of the discussion following the group reports can be found here.

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