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

 

PREFACE 1

Pratibha Jolly

 

PREFACE 2

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

 

Introduction

Matilde Vicentini and Elena Sassi

 

A1. Science and Commonsense

Jon Ogborn

 

Comments on A1

Gunnar Tibell

 

A2. Mathematics as Structural Language of Physical Thought

Maurício Pietrocola

 

Comments on A2

Robert Lambourne

 

A3. Overcoming the Oblivion of Technology in Physics Education

Daniel Gil-Pérez, Amparo Vilches, & C. Ferreira-Gauchía

 

Section B. About Learning

 

Introduction

Matilde Vicentini and Elena Sassi

 

B1. Learning and Conceptual Understanding: beyond Simplistic Ideas, what Have We Learned?

Laurence Viennot

 

Comments on B1

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

 

Introduction

Matilde Vicentini and Elena Sassi

 

C1. Communication Skills for Teaching

Anna Maria Pessoa de Carvalho

 

Comments on C1

Ann-Marie Pendrill

 

C2. History of Physics as a Tool for Teaching

Igal Galili

 

Comments on C2

Laurence Viennot

 

C3. Disciplinary Knowledge from a Pedagogical Point of View

Diane J. Grayson

 

Comments on C3

Gabriella Monroy

 

Section D. Technologies for Learning and Teaching

 

Introduction

Matilde Vicentini and Elena Sassi

 

D1. Aims and Strategies of Laboratory Work

Elena Sassi and Matilde Vicentini

 

D2. Effective Learning Environments for Computer Supported Instruction in the Physics Classroom and Laboratory

Ronald K. Thornton

 

Comments on D2

Dean Zollman

 

D3. Physics and Distance Education

Robert Lambourne

 

Comments on D3

Priscilla Laws

 

D4. The Virtual Laboratory and Interactive Screen Experiments

Paul A. Hatherly

 

Biographical Sketches

 

 

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)

 

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