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GIREP 2025 Summer School, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Leiden University, Gorlaeus building
Leiden University, Gorlaeus building
Einsteinweg 55
2333 CC Leiden
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/locations/gorlaeus-building#tab-1
Description
GIREP Summer School, Leiden, The Netherlands
The inaugural GIREP Summer School will be held in Leiden, The Netherlands just before the GIREP-EPEC 2025 Conference. It is organized by the International Research Group on Physics Teaching – GIREP [Groupe International de Recherche sur l’Enseignement de la Physique] and two institutes at Leiden University: the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) and the Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON).
The GIREP 2025 SUMMER SCHOOL is a PER-specific venue that aims to open opportunities for developing community among researchers. The programme is planned from Saturday lunchtime until Sunday evening.
The summer school will consist of the following types of sessions:
- Five 90-min working-group sessions in each of which a PhD student, in turns, presents their work-in-progress, either in the form of a 45-minute presentation, or in the form of a 15-minute presentation followed by 30 minutes of workshop activities anchored in participant artifacts (e.g., bottom-up analysis of interview transcripts; analysis of respondents’ data with a coding scheme, etc.). The remainder of each 90-minute session will be devoted to discussion with junior and expert researchers focused on presenters’ dilemmas. Working groups will include 5 PhD students in the middle of their studies (after proposal, before final defence) and more senior researchers. Ground rules and norms will serve to ensure a safe place to discuss dilemmas of PER practice.
- A synthesis session in which participants from different groups will meet in roundtables to reflect on their experience
- A plenary workshop focused on educational research practices
- An invited session
The cost per participant will be 250 Euro. Lunch and dinner will be provided.
This is the inaugural Summer School in PER. All PhD student applicants will be guaranteed admission as long as they a) have at least second-year standing in their PhD studies and have passed the PhD proposal stage; b) are no closer than nine months away from submitting PhD dissertation; c) submit the application materials which are described below; and d) meet the application deadline.
The application materials for PhD students is described here.
The application process for non-PhD students (i.e., supervisors of PhD student participants or other researchers) is described here.
Supervisors of PhD students are most encouraged to attend the Summer School and their acceptance is automatic. Confirmation of acceptance for other researchers will be emailed in mid-March.
Registration is open: see important dates.
The conference venue: Gorlaeus building, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Local organizing committee
Registration
Registration for the GIREP 2025 Summer School in Leiden
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Break: Registration and Lunch
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Welcome: Setting GoalsConveners: Edit Yerushalmi (Weizmann institute), Dr Paul Logman, Stamatis Vokos
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Working Group 1: Getting to Know One Another
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Getting To Know One AnotherSpeakers: Freek Pols, Geraldine Cochran, Dr Matteo Tuveri, Thomas Schubatzky
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Working Group 2: Getting to Know One Another
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Getting To Know One AnotherSpeakers: Christopher Fischer, Edit Yerushalmi (Weizmann institute), Dr Ioannis Lefkos (Laboratory of informatics and Robotics in Education and Society, University of Macedonia), Sergej Faletic
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Working Group 3: Getting To Know One Another
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Getting To Know One AnotherSpeakers: Prof. Ingrid Krumphals (University College of Teacher Education Styria), Prof. Jozef Hanč (P. J. Safarik University), Marisa Michelini, Ricardo Avelar Sotomaior Karam (University of Copenhagen)
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Working Group 4: Getting To Know One Another
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Getting To Know One AnotherSpeakers: Floor Kamphorst (NTNU), Mieke De Cock, Smadar Levy (Weizmann Institute of Science), Stamatis Vokos
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Working Group 1: Session 1
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A test in form of a group work, a group work in form of a testSpeaker: Mikołaj Kałdan (Jagiellonian University of Cracow)
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Working Group 2: Session 1
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Understanding the nature of science and the development of a scientist identity through research internships in modern physicsSpeaker: Marijn van Nijhuis (Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht University)
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Working Group 3: Session 1
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The Resignification of the Conceptual Field of Electrostatics in Higher Education Teachers: A Case StudySpeaker: Felipe Lopez (Universidad Aeronáutica en Querétaro)
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Working Group 4: Group 4: Session 1
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Clarifying Uncertainty in the Nature of ScienceSpeaker: Jakub Stepanovic (KU Leuven, LUCA School of Arts)
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Break: Group 1: Coffee Break
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Break: Group 2: Coffee Break
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Break: Group 3: Coffee Break
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Working Group 1: Session 2
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Supporting students in designing and learning with computational physics modelsSpeaker: Mr Roeland Boot (Physics teacher and PhD candidate Utrecht University)
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Working Group 2: Session 2
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Exploring the Photoelectric Effect and the Electromagnetic Spectrum through Art Analysis in Physics EducationSpeaker: Ms Brenda Ixcuiname Saavedra (GIREP 2023)
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Working Group 3: Session 2
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Dropout in science teacher training: causes, influencing factors and support strategiesSpeaker: Anna Reumann-Buczolich (Private Pädagogische Hochschule Burgenland)
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Break: Group 4: Coffee Break
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Working Group 4: Session 2
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Introducing Einsteinian Physics into primary school astronomy curriculum: preliminary findings.Speaker: Sara Mattiello
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Working Group 1: Session 3
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Development and Validation of a Performance-Based AI Literacy Assessment Test for High-School Students Enabling Predictions of their Performance in Tasks Involving AI ToolsSpeaker: Tobias Patrick Treczoks (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE))
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Working Group 2: Session 3
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Enhancing Kinematics Learning Through Computational Thinking and Real-Time GraphingSpeaker: Mateo Dutra Shaw (Instituto de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, UdelaR)
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Working Group 3: Session 3
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Exploring Physics Identity: The Interplay of Recognition, Self-Efficacy, Interest, and Belonging in Undergraduate StudentsSpeaker: Tolu Akanbi
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19:00
Dinner TBD
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Panel discussion: PER Past, Present, Future in the eyes of senior researchers: What do you see as important parts of the past of PER that are relevant today, what are some current developments that excite you, and what do you hope for the future of our field?
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Reflecting Together: Invited Panel: PER--Past, Present, Future Through the Eyes of Senior Researchers
Flat room for 80
Conveners: Geraldine Cochran, Prof. Jozef Hanč (P. J. Safarik University), Marisa Michelini, Thomas Schubatzky
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Working Group 1: Session 4
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Enhancing Ethiopian Physics Teachers’ CK and PCK to improve Students’ Proficiency in MechanicsSpeaker: Dereje Aynekulu Dejene (NTNU)
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Working Group 2: Session 4
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Probing Students' Mental Models of the Apparent Motion of the Sun and Stars: Task-based think-aloud interviewsSpeaker: Rebecca Raskin (KU Leuven)
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Working Group 3: Session 4
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Interplay between mathematics and physics in teaching and learning modern physics: the case of General RelativitySpeaker: Alberto Frontino Crisafulli
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Working Group 4: Session 4
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Out-of-Field Teaching in Physics – An Interview StudySpeaker: Stefan Gritsch (Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark)
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Break: Coffee Break
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Working Group 1: Session 5
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Adopting Nontraditional Labs in a Professional Learning Community - an Ecological PerspectiveSpeaker: Adi Noga (Weizmann Institute of Science)
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Working Group 2: Session 5
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Developing a learning path on electromagnetic wavesSpeaker: Mr Danilo Catena (University of Udine)
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Working Group 3: Session 5
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Exploring how high school students use size and distance to explain observable astronomical phenomenaSpeaker: Willem Keppens
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Working Group 4: Session 5
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Development and evaluation of a learning environment on the greenhouse effect for lower secondary educationSpeaker: Sarah Wildbichler
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Break: Lunch
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Working Group 1: Session 6
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Student’s Understanding of the Celestial SphereSpeaker: Judith Vandewiere
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Working Group 2: Session 6
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Advancing Physics Computational Literacy with AI and Open-Source SageMathSpeaker: Dominik Borovský (Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice)
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Working Group 3: Session 6
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Advanced physics courses for teachers – Physicists’ perceptionsSpeaker: Dan Klein (Weizmann Institute of Science)
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Working Group 4: Session 6
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Investigating Quantitative Literacy Development in Transformed Undergraduate Introductory Physics Courses in the USSpeaker: Kazi Aatish Imroz
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Reflecting Together: Roundtables
Flat room for 80
Conveners: Dr Ioannis Lefkos (Laboratory of informatics and Robotics in Education and Society, University of Macedonia), Ricardo Avelar Sotomaior Karam (University of Copenhagen), Sergej Faletic, Smadar Levy (Weizmann Institute of Science) -
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Break
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Understanding the Publication Process: The Chief Editors of PRPER and Physics Education Share InsightsConveners: Dr Eric Brewe (Drexel University), Dr Gary Williams (Physics Education (IOP))
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19:00
Dinner, Awards, and Games TBD
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