Although little is currently known of distance education in China, especially in Western educational circles, there is a long-standing wellestablished instructional television system of distance education that has flourished in China since the 1960s (Howells, 1989). In fact, one of the world’s largest education systems is the Dianda system in China, a combined radiotelevision university system ...

In physics teacher education the challenge is to promote the development of expertise needed from physics teachers. In that close collaboration between physicist and physics education professionals is needed. This, however, poses many challenges, which are not easily met. We describe here some guidelines, based on our own experience from a pilot course for pre-service physics teacher education....

In order to provide insight into current physics teaching practices and recommended reforms, we outline the history of physics education in the United States—and the accompanying pedagogical issues and debates—over the period 1860–2014. We identify key events, personalities, and issues for each of ten separate time periods, comparing and contrasting the outlooks and viewpoints of the different ...

1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Celal Bayar University, Muradiye, Manisa, Turkey. 2 Department of Physics Education, Education of Faculty, Erzincan University, 24030, Erzincan, Turkey. 3 Department of Physics, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Davutpaşa, 34220, Istanbul, Turkey. 4 Department of Industrial Physics, Institute of Sciences, Istanbul Com...

This paper describes the development of a new university physics course which integrates physics education, research, and community outreach. The coordinated system of activities links the new course to local community efforts in pre-college education, university education, university outreach, and research on teaching and learning. The course was found to improve student understanding of physi...