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IOP NQT conference
Charles TracyHead of Education6th July
2015 Charles.tracy_at_iop.org, www.iop.org
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Welcome

• And congratulations
• Who we are
• What we think
• What we do
• Why we do it
• What happens next

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Who we are the Institute of Physics

• Membership charity
• Also called professional body, subject
  association, learned society
• 50,000 members worldwide
• Tend to be professional physicists
• Provide professional recognition
• Support education

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Who we are the Education Department
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What we think - about learners

• It is the cultural entitlement of all students
  to learn physics, taught by an accomplished
  teacher with expertise in the subject, until they
  can make an informed decision to take it further.
  

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What we think about teaching

• The biggest single external influence on
  learners progress in, engagement with,
  understanding of and enjoyment of the subject is
  their teacher.
• It is essential, therefore, that there is a
  complete, professionalised, engaged and satisfied
  workforce that includes enough accomplished
  teachers with expertise in teaching physics.

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What we think about teachers

• The IOP values teachers
• Teaching physics is doing physics
• Development
• Support

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What we think about physics

• Not a bunch of content
• A set of ways of thinking
• Big thematic ideas
• An intellectual reward
• Theres nothing as satisfying as a physics
  explanation

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What we do

• Education department
• Policy Recruitment, curriculum, assessment
• Projects and resources
• Support networks

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What we do - Policy

• Concerns about
• Specialist teacher numbers
• Recruitment and retention
• The curriculum uncultured
• Assessment
• Drivers and accountability measures
• Under-represented groups

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Projects

• Resources
• Medical physics
• Physics and football
• Reward cards
• Physics in concert
• Posters

Physics in concert
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What we do - Support networks

• The teacher network
• Stimulating Physics Network
• Mentoring (SPS)
• Affiliated schools
• Resources and discounts
• Education Forum
• Talkphysics
• On the web
• SPT resources
• TAP resources
• Practicalphysics

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What we do pilot projects

• Girls
• Improving Gender Balance
• Drayson project
• Opening Doors
• Socio-economic background
• RAP project
• Ethnicity

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Why we do it

• Concern about
• A-level take-up

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Why we do it

• Access to physics
• 500 schools send no-one on to A-level
• Identification with subject
• Diversity
• 49 of mixed maintained schools send no girls to
  A-level
• Ensuring the cultural entitlement

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What next?

• Enjoy today
• Go into teaching
• Keep in touch
• Locate your Physics Network Coordinator

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URLs

• www.iop.org/network/affiliation/education/mem
  bership
• www.talkphysics.org
• www.stimulatingphysics.org
• http//tap.iop.org/
• www.practicalphyiscs.org