Students in North Carolina's science pedagogy course do an experiment as lecturer Alice Churukian looks on.

 

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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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The University of North Carolina began project work in August, 2007.  Project activities include:

• An existing NSF-funded plan to reform introductory courses along the University of Illinois model (providing a set of standard and well-prepared resources for each course).
• The adoption of University of Minnesota collaborative problem solving and the use of University of Washingon tutorials in recitation.
• Three new proposed education courses plus a new course in physics pedagogy developed with the aid of the TIR; this course is paired with an introductory course for the Learning Assistant to observe and participate in to some extent.
• Certification of the TIR by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), faculty rank of Lecturer, and sustainability of the position through a clinical fixed term faculty position in the School of Education.
• Recruitment using a one credit hour course in science education taught by the TIR.