Physics Education Research Resources

Education Research

• See http://www.compadre.org/per/programs/

Conferences

• See http://www.compadre.org/per/conferences/

Journals

• See http://www.compadre.org/per/wiki/PER_Journals
• American Journal of Physics
• American Journal of Physics PER Supplement
• Physical Review - Physics Education Research
• The Physics Teacher
• European Journal of Physics
• European Journal of Physics Education
• Physics Education

Governance

• PERLOC(AAPT PER-TG)
• GPER (APS)

Affiliated Groups

• PhysTEC - The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) is a collaboration of the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), with support from the American Institute of Physics (AIP). http://www.phystec.org
• American Physics Society (APS)
• American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
• Cottrell Scholars Collaborative " early career physical sciences faculty who are committed to excel at both research and teaching- https://rescorp.org/cottrell-scholars/cottrell-scholars-collaborative
• Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshop - http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/newfaculty/nfw.cfm

Frameworks/Guiding Documents

• Joint Task Force on Undergraduate Physics Programs " led by the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Physical Society, charged with engaging the physics community to develop a report that answers the question "What skills and knowledge should the next generation of undergraduate physics degree holders possess to be well prepared for a diverse set of careers?" It will give physics departments across the county a blueprint for enhancing their undergraduate programs. http://www.aapt.org/Programs/Joint-Task-Force-on-Undergraduate-Physics-Programs.cfm
• Best Practices on Undergraduate Physics Programs (in process): www.aps.org/bpupp
• National Task force on Undergraduate Physics "SPIN-UP" report.
• National Task force on Teacher Education in Physics (T-TEP) report.
• Reports on graduate education in physics
  • 2008 report
  • 2013 report
  • 2017 conference (report coming soon)

Resources

• PER-Central, a resource collection for physics education researchers. Here you may find articles, theses and dissertations, research groups, curricular material, and news and events of interest to the PER Community. Learn more about PER-Central.
• Physics listserv: http://www.compadre.org/per/items/detail.cfm?ID=924
• PhysPort: https://www.physport.org
  • The Physics Education Consultants Directory, https://www.physport.org/consultants/, can be sorted by consultant expertise and services and is searchable for programming skills, external evaluation, advisors on equity issues, and more. If you are a consultant, you can add yourself on the directory.