Some subscribers to TIPS and TeachEdPsych might be interested in a recent post "Are Ed Administrators Aware of Physics Ed Research?" [Hake (2011)]. The abstract reads:
******************************************** ABSTRACT: PhysLrnR's John (Texas) Clement posed the question (paraphrasing): "Are Ed Administrators Aware of Physics Ed Research (PER)?" Bill Goffe responded (paraphrasing): "I would guess that PER is rarely mentioned in conferences that Ed administrators might attend or material they're likely to read: e.g., "American Educator" <http://bit.ly/exyqTr> or the "Chronicle of Higher Education's" ProfHacker blog <http://bit.ly/ejFDah>. There *have* been a few isolated mentions of PER in the: a. "American Educator": Paul Gross' "Learning Science: Content - with Reason" at <http://bit.ly/fGnzMp>. b. Chronicle's ProfHacker blog: Heather Whitney's "Just-in-Time Teaching: Beyond Physics" at <http://bit.ly/dX1hRW> and "Concept Inventories: Beyond Physics" at <http://bit.ly/hlgmJ1>. ******************************************** To access the complete 13 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/fyACYK>. Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII) <[email protected]> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi> <http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com> <http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake> "An important scientific innovation. . .[or 'unorthodox idea'] . . . rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: it rarely happens that Saul becomes Paul. What does happen is that ITS OPPONENTS GRADUALLY DIE OUT and that the growing generation is familiarized with the idea from the beginning: another instance of the fact that the future lies with the young." Max Planck (1936) REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 18 Feb 2011.] Hake, R.R. 2011. "Are Ed Administrators Aware of Physics Ed Research?" online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/fyACYK>. Post of 18 Feb 2011 14:23:50-0800 to AERA-L, Net-Gold, and PhysLrnR. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists are also online on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/e9nwmK> with a provision for comments. Planck, M. 1936. "The Philosophy of Physics." W.W. Norton. Amazon.com information at <http://amzn.to/e0Ao1G>. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8832 or send a blank email to leave-8832-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
