Harkjerr Trond Solve Solfengsv. 6c Phone: +47 61 25 89 73 (home) |
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I live in Lillehammer, Norway. A city of some 20000 people, it became famous (at least we like to think so?) for hosting the 1994 winter olympics. I work at Tranberg High School ( www.tranberg.vgs.no ) in a town called Gjovik some 40km south of Lillehammer. Both cities are situated by the shores of Norways biggest lake, the Mjosa. Our school has some 600 students aged 16 - 19, and I teach physics, maths and philosophy.
CURRICULUM VITAE:
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Cand. scient. degree (equiv. to a M.Sc.) in physics in 1985 from Oslo
University with a thesis on measurement of UV radiation.
Cand. philol. degree (equiv. to a M.A.) in the history of ideas in 2002
from Oslo University with a thesis on the history of a Norwegian high
school physics text-book
Teacher of physics and mathematics at Holmen high school in Tynset,
Norway 1986-1990.
Teacher of mathematics at Hedmark college in Rena, Norway 1988-1989.
Teacher of physics and mathematics at Tranberg high school in Gjovik,
Norway 1990-.
During the years 1989-1990 I was an elected member of the Norwegian
Teachers’ Association in Hedmark county, and from 2002 I am an elected
member of the Norwegian Teachers’ Association’s Forum for
Science and
Mathematics in Oppland county.
I am also a member of the Norwegian Association of Physics Teachers, the
American Association of Physics Teachers and the Norwegian Association
for Mathematics in Education.
During my years as a high school teacher I have taught one year of
bilingual physics (one third of the curriculum in English and two thirds
in Norwegian) and this year a colleague and I have organized “Math-day”
for the 150 first-year students at Tranberg High School.
WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?
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I think I would benefit from this programme in several ways:
Tranberg High School is a “bonus-school” in international
work and is
hoping to start an “International Baccalaureate”-class in
2004. A chance
to meet physics teachers from different nationalities will benefit me
and
my school in both these fields. Maybe this can lead to student exchange.
An opportunity to practice the English language in the field of physics
would also help me in teaching bilingual physics.
A better knowledge of CERN and its activities will hopefully give me a
better knowledge of the most recent research in physics so that I can
stimulate more students to make a career in physics.
HOW WILL I DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE?
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I plan to disseminate the knowledge acquired during this programme by
publishing articles in the local newspapers, on Tranberg High School’s
homepage and in meetings in the Norwegian Teachers’ Association’s
Forum
for Science and Mathematics in Oppland county.
HOW DID I LEARN ABOUT HST?
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Through my membership in the Norwegian Association of Physics Teachers,
and also through Jan Finnby, a former participant at the High School
Teachers programme.