This article describes workshops for high school physics teachers in Uganda on inquiry‐based teaching and PhET simulations. I hope it increases awareness of the conditions teachers face in developing countries and inspires others to give similar workshops. This work demonstrates what is possible with some concerted, but not extraordinary, effort.
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For more information, including workshop materials, pictures, and videos, and suggestions for others who would like to give PhET workshops in developing countries, see: http://phet.colorado.edu/teacher_ideas/workshop_uganda.php.
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All the workshop participants were male.
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In the feedback forms given at the end of the workshop, teachers were asked to rank the following statements on a scale of 1–5, with 1 as “not likely” and 5 as “very likely”: “I will personally use ideas I heard here in courses I teach.” “I will pass on ideas I heard about here to other teachers.” 100% of the workshop participants ranked both statements with 4 or 5.
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