Physics Teacher Institute
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The APEX Physics Teacher Institute (PTI)
APEX PTI will be comprised of three cohorts of teachers:
- Cohort 1: 2013-2015
- Cohort 2: 2014-2016
- Cohort 3: 2015-2017
Each cohort will participate in two week summer workshops and three two day follow-up workshops during the academic year, for three consecutive years.
The following topics are covered:
Year 1
DCK
- Kinematics
- Newton's Laws of Motion
- Work, Energy & Power
- Impulse & Momentum
- Circular Motion & Rotation
- Oscillations
- Gravitation
- CASTLE
PCK
- Misconceptions & Ideas
- Effective Teaching Strategies
- Learning Environments
TPACK
- Content Management Systems
- Blackboard
- Computer Modeling