Teaching Electrostatics: A Teacher's Resource for Increasing Student Engagement (Teaching Electricity)

Donald Metz was a full professor (retired) in the Faculty of Education at the University of Winnipeg, and he currently maintains Senior Scholar status at the UW. Don continues to pursue a variety of activities to support science and mathematics education. Don holds a BSc in Physics, and a MEd and PhD in Science Education. He taught physics, mathematics, and general science at the high school level for twenty years before completing his PhD and moving into the Faculty of Education at the University of Winnipeg. Don was extensively involved with curriculum development in Manitoba as the principal writer of the Manitoba Physics program, and as author of several teaching resources including In Motion and Teaching Electrostatics. Don was also highly active in the professional development of in-service teachers for many years. He has presented at numerous conferences internationally as an invited speaker and has published papers in a wide variety of education journals including the Teacher Education Journal, Science Education, Science & Education, The Physics Teacher, The Mathematics Teacher, and the Canadian Journal of Environmental Education.