2010 International Physics and Science Education Research Forum will be held in August 6~9, 2010 in Beijing Normal University organized by the committee in physics teaching of the Chinese Society of Education (CSE), the International Partnership of Education Research Communities (IPERC), and the physics department of Beijing Normal University. The meeting is co-sponsored by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), International Commission on Physics Education (ICPE), and The education committee of the Chinese Physical Society.

    The meeting aims to improve the communication among researchers and teachers in physics and science education around the world and to facilitate the reforms in P-20 education.

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Sessions:

Invited Session: Reports by distinguished experts

Session 1: Physics instruction research and reform in middle school

Session 2: Physics instruction research and reform in college

Session 3: Instruction research and reform for physics teacher preparation in college

Session 4: Students’ physics learning difficulties

Session 5: Professional development for physics teachers

Session 6: Differences among culture, societies and gender

Session 7: Scientific reasoning  

Session 8: Interactive classroom and inquiry teaching

Workshops: Inquiry based learning and technology assisted interactive classroom.

Exhibition of demos and lab materials made by physics teachers

Meeting Information

Meeting Registration: August 5th, 2010, the whole day in Beijing Jingshi Hotel

Meeting Time: August 6-8, 2010

Registration Fee:  $100

Papers

Please submit your papers according to the session contents by May 30th, 2010. Please send your papers by email to the contact below. Qualified papers will be published in the conference proceedings as a special issue of the Journal of Beijing Normal University (Natural Science).

International Contact

Lei Bao, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , (www.iperc.org)