About me
Charles Tracy is the Senior Adviser for Learning and Skills at the Institute of Physics. His main interests are in the physics curriculum, teachers’ professional learning and building professional communities of teachers. He also advises on education policy, particularly relating to teacher retention and recruitment. He started teaching in Hertfordshire in 1987, where he worked as a physics teacher, Head of Physics, Head of Science and as an adviser. He has also worked as a consultant for the BBC and Channel 4 and has developed educational websites.
Over the years, he has written textbooks, overseen major national CPD projects and been involved in curriculum development. He is particularly interested in how the physics curriculum can be structured to develop rich and lasting ideas about physics and its practices.
