Next Generation Modeling Courses for Teachers (NGMCs) are graduate-level online courses for physics and physical science teachers (grades 10-12) jointly supported by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Department of Physics/Astronomy, College of Letters and Science, and College of Education and Human Services. These professional development courses have four main goals:

• • Strengthen subject-matter content knowledge in physics
• • Deepen understanding of research-based methods of science teaching; common student learning difficulties; the Next Generation Science Standards; and teaching/learning theories in physics education
• • Engage teachers in the national conversation about the goals and methods of science teaching through participation in state and national science teaching organizations, local special-interest groups, and action research
• • Provide a pathway to Higher Learning Commission (HLC) compliance for teachers seeking to become concurrent enrollment instructors

The Next Generation Modeling Course for Teachers program is a proud partner of the American Modeling Teachers Association (AMTA). All NGMCs provide a suitable entry point into the Modeling Method of Physics Instruction and the concepts of Deep Learning in Introductory Physics.

Unfamiliar with the Modeling Method of Instruction? Click here for a brief introduction.

Future NGMC course offerings

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• Electrostatics & Magnetism for Teachers, 2-3 cr. (October 18 – December 17, 2021)

• Modern Physics for Teachers, 2-3 cr.            (Spring 2022)

• Scientific Modeling and Computation for Teachers, 2-3 cr. (Summer 2022)

• Waves and Applications for Teachers, 2-3 cr. (Fall 2022)

• Energy and Matter for Teachers, 2-3 cr.    (Spring 2023)

• Scientific Modeling and Computation for Teachers, 2-3 cr. (Summer 2023)

• Electrostatics & Magnetism for Teachers, 2-3 cr. (Fall 2023)