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100% Cyan 58% Magenta 0% Yellow 21% BlackBW halftoneTMTM TM TM TMThe Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) is proud to bring together the first published collection of full-length peer-reviewed
research papers on teacher education in physics. We hope that this work will help institutions consider ways to improve their education of
physics and physical science teachers, and that research in this field can continue to grow and challenge or suppor t the effectiveness of
practices in K-12 teacher education.
The mission of the PhysTEC project is to improve and promote the education of future physics and physical science teachers. The project has
built a coalition that includes a large fraction of all physics degree-granting institutions, and has suppor ted a number of these institutions
with multi-year grants to build model physics teacher education programs. PhysTEC recognizes and seeks to address areas of especially
high need for physics and physical science teachers, including nationwide shor tages of underrepresented minority teachers, as well as
severe shor tages of teachers in cer tain geographic areas. The project is a par tnership between the American Physical Society (APS) and
the American Association of Physics Teachers, and is suppor ted by the National Science Foundation, and individual and corporate contribu-
tions to APS.
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