Title: Physics Teacher Education ~ Problems and Solutions  


Speaker: 
Carl Wenning
Department of Physics
Illinois State University


Abstract: 
The problems associated with obtaining a sufficient quantity of high school physics teachers
are well known. What is not so well known are the approaches that can be used to increase the
number of physics teacher education majors, how to best prepare them, and how to retain them
in the classroom. The speaker will talk about several approaches from Illinois that appear to
be addressing that state's needs.