Physics Education or Didactics of Physics is part of the broader field of Science Education and deals with the teaching and learning of the concepts and phenomena of Physics. At the level of research, Physics Education studies a wide range of topics: the investigation of children’s mental representations of physics concepts and phenomena of the natural world, the didactic transposition of scientific knowledge into school knowledge, the creation of learning environments for the transformation of mental representations into mental entities compatible with the transformed/school scientific knowledge of Physics. Physics Education also focuses on contemporary topics related to teaching through digital environments, teaching and learning physics concepts to special needs students, as well as teaching Physics through socioscientific issues. At the teaching level, Physics Education treats the methods and practices related to the education of pupils, university students and teachers on issues of teaching and learning concepts of Physics, the development of appropriate teaching strategies, as well as the issues of evaluation of educational practices and learning outcomes.

Selected Publications

  • Kaliampos, G., Mavropoulou, S., Kolias, V., Ravanis, K., & Vavougios, D. (2023). An experimental investigation of alternative ideas of force in autistic adolescents. Research in Science Education, 53(5), 867-888.
  • Kaliampos, G. (2021). Early Childhood Special Science Education: setting the frame of a newly born and well-promising trend. Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education, 15(2), 61-76.
  • Koliopoulos, D., & Argyropoulou, M. (2011). Constructing qualitative energy concepts in a formal educational context with 6–7-year-old students. Review of Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education, 5(1), 63-80.
  • Ravanis, K. (2022). Research trends and development perspectives in Early Childhood Science Education: an overview. Education Sciences, 12(7), 456.
  • Sissamperi, N., & Koliopoulos, D. (2021). How students of primary school understand large scale energy systems: the case of thermal power plant. Journal of Technology and Science Education, 11(1), 129-145.