EDUCATION: (see my diploma, the confirmation of the M.S. degree, the transcripts)
PhD in Education: “On the Methods for Motivating Teachers Towards Continuous Professional Development”
Moscow Academic Institute for Innovations in Education; Moscow, Russia, 2000
M.S. in
Physics: “On
Homogeneous Relaxation in Weakly Non-ideal Bose Gas”
Minor in Education: Methods for Teaching
Physics at a Middle and High school
Perm State University; Perm, Russia: 1985
MEMBERSHIP:
American Association of Physics Teachers
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (see the Cover Letter):
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Boston University, Boston, MA; Physics
Department: 03/2007 - present
time
Physics Lecture
Enhancement Coordinator
Responsibilities: Cooperating with the faculty on using
existing and developing new physics demonstrations and implementing into the
teaching practice contemporary teaching techniques based on research.
Boston University, Boston, MA; Physics
Department: 09/2007 - present
time
Lecturer:
Responsibilities: Curriculum
development; co-developing and editing lecture notes, homework assignments,
laboratory manuals, exams; lecturing, overseeing laboratory work for the BU
PY105/106 Elementary Physics course
ITT Technical Institute, Norwood, MA; 06/2004 – present time
Adjunct Physics
Instructor:
Responsibilities: Teaching Physics, College Math I and II,
Problem Solving
Boston University, Boston, MA; Physics
Department and School of Education: 09/2006 – 06/2007
Adjunct Instructor
Responsibilities: Teaching Physics to in-service high school
teachers
Boston University, Boston, MA; Physics
Department: 09/2004 – 03/2007
Lab Tech Coordinator
Responsibilities: Coordinating a preparation and carrying out
of undergraduate teaching labs; managing the equipment; developing new teaching
labs; consulting TFs
Boys and Girls Club of Boston, Roxbury
Clubhouse, Boston, MA; 07/2004
– 11/2004
Teacher’s Assistant,
Math and Science tutor:
Responsibilities: Tutoring in Math and Science to Club
Members
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston MA: 01/2004 – 05/2004
Physics
Laboratory Instructor:
Department of Applied Mathematics and
Sciences.
Responsibilities: Guiding students through a variety of
Physics I and Physics II
laboratory work
Tutor: Academic
Resource Center. 01/2004 – 05/2004
Responsibilities: Tutoring students in Mathematics (Algebra,
Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus) and Physics
Center for Development of City School
System, Perm, Russia: 2000
– 2002, Director
Institute for Continuous Education, Perm, Russia: 1997 - 2000
Associate Professor: Department of Teachers’ Skill Development.
(1995 -1997 as a part time employee)
Responsibilities:
Taught a wide spectrum
of courses to school teachers and principals of the city of Perm and Perm
region
Examined teachers’ curricula
Evaluated of the quality of teaching in
physics and mathematics
Courses developed and
taught included:
Methods for Problem Solving in
Mathematics and Physics
Using Mathematics in High School Physics
Courses
Modeling of Mental Processes of Students
while Problem Solving
Methods for Preparing Educational Tests
Planning Effective Teaching Activities
Introduction to Educational Policies
Director: Department of computerization and information technologies.
Perm State Technical University, Perm, Russia: 1988 - 1997
Assistant Professor: Physics Department.
Responsibilities:
Taught a wide spectrum of courses to
undergraduate students
Trained students in Math to prepare them
to study Physics
Developed of curricula
Developed of educational aids for
students
Courses developed and taught included:
Mechanics; Thermodynamics; Electrostatics;
Magnetism; Optics;
Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics
Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus,
Calculus
Methodological development included:
Curricula in Physics for Undergraduate
Students
Midterm and Final Physics Exams
Collection and compilation of Physics
Problems
and solutions for Undergraduate
Students
Perm State University, Perm, Russia: 1985 - 1988
Hardware Engineer: Department of Computerized Calculations:
Responsibilities: All kinds of a technical support
Middle and High Schools, the City of Perm, Russia: 1991 – 2001
Teacher/Tutor:
Taught a wide spectrum of courses to
students
Developed of curricula and midterm/final
tests
Trained students to Math/Physics
competitions
Developed and tested learning tools for
students with learning disabilities
Courses developed and taught included:
Algebra; Geometry; Trigonometry
Fundamentals of Probability Theory; Physics
Methodological development included:
High School Curriculum in Physics with
Elements of University-level Physics
Math Curriculum for High School Students
in Physics Classes
Introductory Lectures on Basic Quantum
Phenomena for High School Students
Midterm and final physics exams
REFERENCES
1. Professor William Skocpol, Physics Department
Faculty Director, Metcalf Science Building, Room 205, Phone: 617-353-3782, skocpol@physics.bu.edu
2. Professor Ophelia Tsui, Physics
Department, BU, Associate Professor, Metcalf Science Building, Room 215, 617-353 -4669, okctsui@bu.edu
3. Professor Andrew Duffy, Physics
Department, BU, Assistant Professor, Physics Research Building, Room 353,
617-353 -9089, aduffy@bu.edu
4. Thomas
R. Houghton, Dean, ITT Technical Institute, 333 Providence Highway, Route 1,
Norwood, MA 02062, 781-278-7200, thoughton@itt-tech.edu
5. Erich J. Burton, Laboratory Manager,
Undergraduate Teaching Labs, Boston University Physics Department, 590
Commonwealth, Boston, MA, 02215, 617-353-9886, eburton@buphy.bu.edu
6. Professor Raffaele Di Cecca, Department
of Applied Math & Sciences, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 550
Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, 617-989-4335; diceccar@wit.edu
7. Gloria Monaghan, Director, Academic
Resource Center, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 550 Huntington Ave, Boston,
MA 02115, 617-989-4489, monaghang@wit.edu
SELECTED CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS; (see My commentaries and Examples of learning aids, which are based on some of the publications)
On a possibility of effective electron attraction without "a glue" // http://arxiv.org/abs/1011.5141 (Nov. 2010)
On electron pairing in a periodic potential // Physica C: Supercunductivity, V 470, # 21, November (2010), pp. 1962 – 1963 // http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2010.08.007
An actual level of difficulty of test problems and its subjective perception by students // Poster, 2009 AAPT Winter Meeting, Chicago, Feb. 15 (2009).
On the existence of Cooper Pairs in the Hubbard Model // www.arxive.org, arXiv:0902.1924v1, Feb 11 (2009).
On a Definition of Work // The Physics Teacher, Val. 46, May 2008, p. 260.
Energy from nothing? // Physics Teacher, Vol. 45, No. L1, p. L1, July 2007.
On “Putting Physics First” // “Interactions”, March/April 2007, p. 6 -7;
“The Comparison Between Russian High School And American College Curricula” // poster at 2007 AAPT Winter Meeting, January 2007.
“Constructing Learning Aids for Teaching Algebra Based Physics” // poster at 2006 APPT Summer Meeting, July 2006.
“Classification of Educational Self-Determination of Students” // in the journal “School Principal”, Moscow, Russia, 2001.
“Universal Algorithm for Solving School Problems in Physics” // in the book "Problems in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics". - Perm, Russia, 1998. - p. 57.
“On the Necessity of Modeling by a Teacher of His/Her Own Pedagogical Activity” // in the book “Development of Scientific Intercommunications in Eurasia”. - Berezniki, Russia, 1997. - p. 172.
“Application of Operationally-Interconnect Categories for Diagnosing the Level of Students' Understanding of Physics” // in the book “Artificial Intelligence in Education”, part 1. - Kazan, Russia, 1996. - p. 56.
“Quantitative Measures of the Learning Difficulty of Physics Problems” // in the book “Problems of Education, Scientific and Technical Development and Economy of Ural Region”. - Berezniki, Russia, 1996. - p. 85.