Connecting Research in Physics Education with Teacher Education
Matilde Vicentini and Elena Sassi
General Editors
An I.C.P.E. Book © International Commission on Physics Education 2008
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions
I.S.B.N. 0-9507510-5-0 (English Edition)
Published by The International Commission on Physics Education
Table of Contents
Pratibha Jolly
E. Leonard Jossem
INTRODUCTION
Making the Results of Research in Physics Education Available to Teacher Educators
Matilde Vicentini and Elena Sassi (General Editors)
Section A. About Physics
Matilde Vicentini and Elena Sassi
Jon Ogborn
Gunnar Tibell
A2. Mathematics as Structural Language of Physical Thought
Maurício Pietrocola
Robert Lambourne
A3. Overcoming the Oblivion of Technology in Physics Education
Daniel Gil-Pérez, Amparo Vilches, & C. Ferreira-Gauchía
Section B. About Learning
Matilde Vicentini and Elena Sassi
B1. Learning and Conceptual Understanding: beyond Simplistic Ideas, what Have We Learned?
Laurence Viennot
Jon Ogborne
B2. Development of Scientific Skills and Values in Physics Education
Vivien M. Talisayon
B3. Student’s Skills Developed by Participation in International Physics Competitions
Gunnar Tibell
Section C. About Teaching
Matilde Vicentini and Elena Sassi
C1. Communication Skills for Teaching
Anna Maria Pessoa de Carvalho
Ann-Marie Pendrill
C2. History of Physics as a Tool for Teaching
Igal Galili
Laurence Viennot
C3. Disciplinary Knowledge from a Pedagogical Point of View
Diane J. Grayson
Gabriella Monroy
Section D. Technologies for Learning and Teaching
Matilde Vicentini and Elena Sassi
D1. Aims and Strategies of Laboratory Work
Elena Sassi and Matilde Vicentini
Ronald K. Thornton
Dean Zollman
D3. Physics and Distance Education
Robert Lambourne
Priscilla Laws
D4. The Virtual Laboratory and Interactive Screen Experiments
Paul A. Hatherly
An I.C.P.E. Book © International Commission on Physics Education 2008
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