One of the principals aims of the IUPAP C14-ICPE is to share Physics Education Research results and its relevance to physics teacher education and classroom practice. In particular, suggesting ways in which the facilities for the study of physics at all levels might be improved and, to publish where feasible handbooks and documents.

The C14-ICPE sponsored publications will provide a structured, documented and critical guide to extant Physics education Research (PER); a document that can be used by the profession as an important platform for informed and coherent future contributions. The publications are aimed to covering the field of physics-based educational research. In particular:

  • Making the results of research in physics education available to teacher educators
  • Discusses frontiers of Research in Physics and Physics Education
  • Highlights new approaches to enhancing physics teacher professional learning and links to practice in classroom
  • Examines the role of students’ knowledge in learning and teaching Physics
  • Explores innovative approaches to teaching and learning physics in the laboratory and using multimedia tools
  • Teaching and learning Physics in out of school contexts

The main objective of the documents are to review and document the results of the research in PER, to indicate strengths and weaknesses in the development of the research and to suggest well-founded paths to follow.