  This paper describes the development of a new university physics course
designed to integrate physics, education, research, and community partnerships.
The coordinated system of activities links the new course to local community
efforts in pre-college education, university education, university outreach,
and research on teaching and learning. As documented both by gains on
conceptual surveys and by qualitative analyses of field-notes and audiotapes of
class, the course facilitates student learning of physics, as well as student
mastery of theories and practices of teaching and learning physics.
Simultaneously, the course supports university efforts in community outreach
and creates a rich environment for education research. The following narrative
describes the motivation, structure, implementation, effectiveness, and
potential for extending and sustaining this alternative model for university
level science education.
