CARL J. WENNING, Ed.D.
Administrative/Professional
(Last updated 8/05/2008)
Dr. Carl J. Wenning, May 2008 |
Dr.
Carl J. Wenning, Coordinator
Physics Education Program
Illinois State University
(1994 - 2008)
Department
of Physics
Campus Box 4560
Normal, IL 61790-4560
Phones: (309) 438-8756 (secretary)
(309) 438-2957 (office)
(309) 438-5413 (fax)
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Professional Preparation:
- Illinois State University, Curriculum & Instruction, Ed.D.
- Michigan State University, Planetarium Education, M.A.T.
- The Ohio State University, Astronomy, B.S.
Appointments:
- Education Specialist & Advisor, Physics Teacher Education Program, Illinois State University (2008-20XX)
- Coordinator & Advisor, Physics Teacher Education Program,
Illinois State University
(1994 - 2008)
- Planetarium Director, Illinois State University (1978 - 2000)
- Physics Faculty Associate, University High School, Normal,
Illinois (1994 - 1995)
- Lecturer in Physics, Illinois State University (1992 - 2008)
- Lecturer in Astronomy, Illinois State
University (1982 - 1992)
- Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy, Illinois Wesleyan
University (1980 - 1999)
- Temporarily admitted to Graduate Faculty (2000-2008)
Administrative and Teaching Load:
Educational Specialist & Advisor: Physics
Teacher Education Program
Current lead instructor for the following undergraduate
courses:
Current lead instructor/instructor of record for the following graduate courses:
Recent Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals: (online
links)
- IN PRESS: Effectively addressing alternative conceptions: A comprehensive strategy. Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online, 5(1), Summer 2008.
- A physics teacher candidate knowledge base. Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online, 4(3), Summer 2007, pp. 13-16.
- Assessing inquiry skills as a component of scientific literacy. Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online, 4(2), Winter 2007, pp. 21-24.
- Engaging students in conducting Socratic dialogues: Suggestions for science teachers. Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online, 4(1), Autumn 2006, pp. 10-13 (with Thomas Holbrook & James Stankevitz).
- Assessing nature-of-science literacy as a component of
scientific literacy. Journal
of Physics Teacher Education Online, 3(4), Summer 2006, pp. 3-15.
- Resources for recruiting the next generation of high school
science teachers. Journal
of Physics Teacher Education Online, 3(4), Summer 2006, 15-20.
- A generic model for inquiry labs in post secondary introductory
physics (with
Rebecca Wenning), Journal
of Physics Teacher Education Online, 3(3), March 2006, pp. 24-33.
- A framework for teaching the nature of science. Journal
of Physics Teacher Education Online, 3(3), March 2006, pp.
3-10.
- SAAMEE: A model for academic success. Journal of Physics
Teacher Education
Online, 3(2), December 2005, pp. 29-33.
- Minimizing resistance to inquiry-oriented instruction: The importance of
climate setting. Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online,
3(2),
December 2005, pp. 10-15.
- Whiteboarding and Socratic dialogues: Questions and answers. Journal
of Physics Teacher Education Online, 3(1), September 2005,
pp. 3-10.
- Development of the Physics Teacher Education Program at Illinois State
University, Forum on Education, American Physics Society (invited paper with Richard F. Martin), fall issue, October 2005
- Implementing inquiry-based
instruction in the science classroom: A new model for solving
the improvement-of-practice
problem. Journal of Physics
Teacher Education Online, 2(4), May 2005, pp. 9-15.
- Levels of inquiry:
Hierarchies of pedagogical practices and inquiry processes. Journal
of Physics Teacher Education Online, 2(3),
February 2005, pp. 3-11.
- Repairing
the Illinois high school physics teacher pipeline:
Recruitment, preparation,
and retention of high school physics teachers. Journal of Physics
Teacher Education Online, 2(2), November 2004, pp. 24-32.
- Change principles for
physics teacher education programs, Journal of
Physics Teacher Education Online, 2(1), p.12-14, September 2003
- Pre student
teaching clinical experience guidelines for physics teacher candidates
at Illinois State University, Journal of Physics Teacher Education
Online, 1(3), December 2002, pp. 15-20.
- A multiple case study of novice
and expert problem solving in kinematics with implications for physics
teacher preparation, Journal of Physics
Teacher Education Online, 1(3), December 2002, pp.7-14.
- A service learning
project for prospective high school physics teacher candidates,
Journal
of Physics Teacher Education Online, 1(2),
September 2002, pp. 17-22.
- Clinical experiences for high school physics
teacher candidates: Classroom management styles & Built environment
checklist. Journal
of Physics Teacher Education Online, 1(1), p.15-17, June 2002
- A variation
on temperature conversion. The Physics Teacher, 39(7),
Washington, DC: American Association of Physics Teachers, 434. 2001
- Physics
Teacher Education at Illinois State University, Forum on
Education, American
Physical Society, Summer Issue, June 2001
- Using Discrepant Events to Teach Scientific Process, Exemplary Practice: The Illinois State University Lab School Journal, December 1994
Other Professional Publications:
- Recruiting the Next Generation of Middle and High School Science Teachers and A Career in Science Teaching? Think About It!, published by the Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers in cooperation with the Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers, the Illinois Science Teachers Association, and the Chicago Section of the American Association of Physics Teacher. See also the following associated web pages: Illinois-Science-Teaching.info and A Career in Physics Teaching?
- Voyage to Mars Teacher's Guide (2007), in cooperation with the Space Telescope Science Institute, the Challenger Learning Centers of central Illinois and northwest Indiana, and the Challenger Center of Alexandria, Virginia.
- Rendezvous with a Comet Teacher's Guide (2006), in cooperation with the Space Telescope Science Institute, the Challenger Learning Centers of central Illinois and northwest Indiana, and the Challenger Center of Alexandria, Virginia.
- Clinical Experiences Handbook for Biology, Chemistry and Physics (1995), Illinois Board of Higher Education, Springfield, Illinois.
Recent Conference Presentations, Panels, and Workshops:
- Physics Teacher Education at Illinois State University, contributed paper session/roundtable discussion, 2008 Summer meeting, American Association of Physics Teachers, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 23, 2008.
- Educating Culturally Responsive Teachers, invited presentation, 2008 Summer meeting, American Association of Physics Teachers, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 22, 2008.
- Building an Effective Secondary Science Teacher Education Program, invited presentation, Tarleton State University, Stevensville, TX, June 26, 2008.
- Recruiting School Science Teachers to Inquiry-Oriented Teaching, invited presentation, A TIME for Physics First summer workshop, a collaboration is led by Columbia Public Schools and the University of Missouri-Columbia, June 10, 2008.
- Recruiting the Next Generation of Physics Teachers: The Illinois Model, invited presentation, 2008 Winter meeting, American Association of Physics Teachers, Baltimore, MD, January 23, 2008.
- Role of the Physics Department in Program Accreditation, invited presentation, 2008 Winter meeting, American Association of Physics Teachers, Baltimore, MD, January 22, 2008.
- Cracker Barrel Discussion Leader - Professional Development for Physics Teacher Educators: Setting an Agenda, American Association of Physics Teachers, Baltimore, MD, January 21, 2008.
- Illinois Teacher Preparation and Certification after NCLB, invited keynote presentation, 2007 Autumn meeting, Chicago Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Naperville, IL, November 10, 2007.
- Teacher Guides for the Nation's Challenger Learning Centers, invited presentation, Board of Trustees Meeting "Coffee Hour with the Authors," Illinois State University, October 26, 2007
- Recruiting the Next Generation of Science Teachers, invited presentation, 2007 Autumn meeting, Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers, Normal, IL, October 5, 2007.
- The Impact of Certification Requirements on Physics Teacher Preparation: A National Discussion, invited presentation, 2007 Summer meeting, American Association of Physics Teachers, Greensboro, NC, July 31, 2007.
- Science Teacher Candidate Recruitment and Preparation, invited presentation, 2007 Spring Conference of The Renaissance Group, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, April 19, 2007.
- El Papel del Departamento de Física en la Preparación de Profesores de Física, invited presentation as part of the series Hablando de la Formación de Profesores de Ciencias, Concepcion, Chile, Chilean Academy of Science, March 26-30, 2007.
- El Papel de la Facultad de Física en el Desarrollo Profesional de los Profesores de Física, invited presentation as part of the series Hablando de la Formación de Profesores de Ciencias,Valparaiso, Chile, Chilean Academy of Science, March 26-30, 2007.
- Nuevas Tendencias en la Formación de Profesores de Ciencias, invited presentation as part of the series Hablando de la Formación de Profesores de Ciencias, Santiago, Chile, Chilean Academy of Science, March 26-30, 2007.
- Indirect Practices for Physics Teacher Candidate Recruitment, invited workshop, PTEC Conference on the Preparation of Physics and Physical Science Teachers, Millennium Harvest House of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, March 3, 2007.
- Direct Practices for Physics Teacher Candidate Recruitment, invited workshop, PTEC Conference on the Preparation of Physics and Physical Science Teachers, Millennium Harvest House of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, March 3, 2007.
- A Student Teacher Effectiveness Review System, contributed presentation, American Association of Physics Teachers, Seattle, Washington, January 9, 2007.
- The Illinois Pipeline Project, poster, American Association of Physics Teachers, Seattle, Washington, January 7, 2007.
- A Framework for Teaching the Nature of Science,
presentation, Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics
Teachers, Rock Island, IL, October 13/14, 2006.
- Recruiting the Next Generation of High School Physics Teachers,
presentation, Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics
Teachers, Rock Island, IL, October 13/14, 2006.
- Pedagogical Models Used in Physics Teacher Preparation at
Illinois State, presentation, American Association of Physics
Teachers Meeting, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, July 26, 2006.
- Illinois Physics Teacher Pipeline Project, poster,
American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York,
July 24, 2006.
- The Illinois Physics Teacher Pipeline, invited talk,
Preparing Future
Physics Teachers workshop, Laboratory for Elementary-Particle
Physics, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York, June 19, 2006.
- The Road Less Traveled: Reflections of a Teacher
Educator, invited talk, spring meeting of the Illinois Section of the American Association
of Physics
Teachers, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois, April
8, 2006.
- Teacher Candidate Recruitment, Preparation, and
Retention, panel
discussion, fall meeting of the Illinois Section of the American
Association
of Physics Teachers, Riverside-Brookfield High School, Riverside, Illinois,
October
29, 2005.
- Physics Via Inquiry I, II, and III, three invited workshops,
Meritorious
Autonomous University of Mexico, Physics Workgroup Meeting, Puebla, Mexico,
May 26-29,
2005.
- Physics Teacher Education at Illinois State
University: Effectively Promoting Inquiry, invited presentation, American
Association of Physics Teachers Meeting, Sacramento, CA, August
2, 2004.
- AAPT/PTRA Rural Institute for High School Physics
Teachers, week-long summer workshops, Illinois
State University, 2001-2005).
- Instructional Technology Passport System, presentation, American Association
of Colleges of Teacher Education, Chicago, IL, February 7, 2004
- Recent Innovations in Physics Teacher Preparation at Illinois State
University, presentation, Spring Meeting of the Illinois Section of
the American Association of Physics
Teachers, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, April 11, 2003.
- Physics Outreach and Alliances, panel discussion
moderator, Spring Meeting
of the Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers,
Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, April 11, 2003.
- Teaching Buoyancy and Optics Using Inquiry, workshop, Spring
Meeting of the Illinois
Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Knox
College, Galesburg,
Illinois, April 11, 2003.
- Professional Development Opportunities at ISU Summer
2003, presentation, Fall Meeting
of the Illinois Section of AAPT, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois,
October 19, 2002.
- Physics Teaching Requirements in Illinois, panel
discussion moderator,
Fall Meeting of the Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics
Teachers, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, October 19, 2002.
- Inquiry Practice in High School Physics, presentation, Spring
Meeting of the Illinois
Section of the AAPT, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston,
Illinois, April
5, 2002.
- Preparing Physics Teacher Educators, presentation, Fall Meeting of
the Illinois and
Chicago Sections of AAPT, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Illinois, October
26, 2001.
- Just-in-Time Teaching and Peer Instruction, presentation, Spring Meeting of
the Illinois Section of the AAPT, Principia College, Elsah, IL,
April 20-21,
2001.
- Technology for High School Physics Teachers, presentation, Fall
Meeting of the Illinois
Section of AAPT, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville,
October 13-14,
2000.
- Standards-compliant Physics Teacher Education, presentation, Spring
Meeting of the Illinois
and Chicago Sections of AAPT, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois,
April 14-15, 2000.
Synergistic Activities:
- Lab School for Science and Technology - a cooperative effort with school districts 203/204 and Benedictine University (pending)
- English Language Learners TQE Course Development Grant, $300 (November 2007 – May 2008)
- Preparing Urban Teachers TQE Course Development Grant, $5,500 (May 2007 – September 2008)
- International Advisory Committee, Latin American Journal of Physics Education (2007-present)
- Teacher Preparation Committee, American Association of Physics Teachers (2006-2008)
- Leader of departmental effort to replace cookbooks labs in introductory calculus-based physics with inquiry-oriented labs (2005-2007)
- Co-author, Role, Qualifications and Education, and Professional Development of High School
Physics Teachers, American
Association of Physics Teachers, in preparation (2007-2008)
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Physics Teacher Education
Online (2002 - present)
- President of the Illinois Section
of American Association of Physics Teachers (1998)
- Secretary-Treasurer of the Illinois Section
of American Association of Physics Teachers (2001 - 2006)
- Regional Rural Coordinator, Physics Teacher Resource Agent
(PTRA) Rural Institute,
American Association of Physics
Teachers (2001 - 2005)
- Instructional Technology
Passport System, coordinator and webmaster, Illinois State University (1997 - present)
Successful PTE Grant Proposals:
- Chicago ITQ Science Project Year 3, Modeling Method Workshop, IBHE, $125,000 (April 2007 – September 2008)
- Chicago ITQ Science Project Year 2, Modeling Method Workshop, IBHE, $130,000 (April 2006 – September 2007)
- Chicago ITQ Science Project Year 1, Modeling Method Workshop, IBHE, $145,000 (April 2005 – September 2006)
- IDEAS Grant, Space Telescope Science Institute, $49,962 (March 2005 – March 2007)
- AAPT/PTRA Rural Institutes, ~$125,000 subcontract, AAPT (Summers 2001 – 2005)
- Problem-Based Learning Method of Instruction for Science Workshop, IBHE Eisenhower Grant, $19,000 (June 4, 2002 – June 30, 2003)
- Modeling Method of Instruction for Physical Science Workshop, IBHE Eisenhower Grant, $45,000 (June 4, 2002 – June 30, 2003)
- Physical Science with Math Modeling Workshop, IBHE Eisenhower Grant, $25,500 (January 1, 2001 – December 30, 2001)
- Clinical Experiences and Student Teaching Handbook, Illinois State Board
of Education Grant, $110,284 (January 1, 1995 – December
30, 1995
Other Activities (2007-2008 academic year):
Departmental Service
College Service
- Council for
Teacher Education - Dean's Representative for College of Arts &
Sciences
- Facilitator of the Science Teacher Education Oversight
Committee (1997 - 2008)
Professional Service
Job-Related Community Service
- Challenger Learning Center, Advisory Board Member (1999 - present)
- Prairie Aviation Museum, Executive Advisory Council President (2003)
- Twin City Amateur Astronomers, Inc. (1978 - present)
Recent Professional Honors
- Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences, April 2008.
- Administrative Professional Service Award, February 2005
- Outstanding Administrative Professional Staff Award, February 2005
- ISU Physics Teacher Education Program recognized as "exemplary" in September 2000 AAPT White Paper
- Distinguished Service Citation, Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, October 2000
- Outstanding University Teacher - Category II, Illinois State
University, February 2000
Current Professional and Academic Association or Society
Memberships:
American Association of Physics
Teachers (AAPT)
Illinois Section of the
American Association of Physics Teachers (ISAAPT)
Other Interests:
Beekeeping Vita including a list of more than 50 published articles