The ICPE Medal Award
The ICPE Medal Award recognises “outstanding contributions to physics teaching of a kind that transcends national boundaries”. The two criteria for being eligible for this prestigious award are:
- The contributions to physics education should have extended over a considerable number of years.
- The contributions should be international in scope and influence.
Candidates for the ICPE Medal Award must address the criteria in their submission. The nomination proposals must include a justification of about one to two pages and an up-to-date CV. Submissions must also include two references from recognized peers. At least one of the referees should be of a different affiliation from the nominee.
Submissions must be sent to the C14 Chair, Manjula Sharma ([email protected]), and Secretary, Cristiano Mattos ([email protected]) by 30th of June.
The IUPAP Commission C14 will select the awardee. The Medal will be awarded at a relevant Conference with the awardee presenting. The ICPE Medals are awarded only if worthy candidates are identified. Current C14 Commission members cannot be nominated, but past members can be.
In general, the prize is awarded to one person. If awarded to multiple people, they receive the medal together.
History
The ICPE Medal Award was first proposed in 1979 by George Marx, a Hungarian researcher in the field of physics education. The Commission succeeded in establishing the award of an ICPE Medal with the two criteria cited earlier. The first award of the Medal was made in 1980 to Professor Eric M. Rogers during the Trieste Conference on Education for Physics Teaching. The list of recipients and citations can be found at IUPAP C14 ICPE Medal Awardees.
The Medal was designed by the Hungarian artist Miklós Borsos. The face shows a symbolic picture: the interaction of human beings with forces of nature in the form of the four elements of the ancient Greek philosophers – earth, water, air, and fire, the last symbolised by powerful rays of sunlight. Human beings capture the essence of physics education as we seek to understand and share our understanding of nature. The back of the Medal bears the text: ‘Awarded to N.N. by the International Commission on Physics Education of IUPAP for long and distinguished service to physics teaching’.
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International Physics Olympiad
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