Name: GIREP 2026 Summer School, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
Start: 2026-07-03T16:30:00+03:00
End: 2026-07-05T23:30:00+03:00
Location: University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities and the Social & Education Sciences (UCRC)

GIREP 2026 Summer School, Rethymno, Crete, Greece

from Friday, July 3, 2026 (4:30 PM) to Sunday, July 5, 2026 (11:30 PM)

Monday, June 29, 2026
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Friday, July 3, 2026

4:30 PM Registration

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM Welcome and Setting of Goals

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

6:00 PM All Together: The BIG PhD Game of Rethymno
The BIG PhD Game of Rethymno
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

8:00 PM Break: Heavy Hors d'Oeuvres
Heavy Hors d'Oeuvres
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday, July 4, 2026

8:45 AM Working Group 1: Getting to Know One Another
Getting to Know One Another
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Building A, Room 1

Working Group 2: Getting to Know One Another
Getting to Know One Another
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Building D, Room 2

Working Group 3: Getting To Know One Another
Getting To Know One Another
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Building E, Room 3
9:00 AM Working Group 1: Session 1
Session 1
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Identifying Potential Interdisciplinary Curricular Practices for Initial Physics Teacher Education
Working Group 2: Session 1
Session 1
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Supporting Physics Teachers’ Use of Augmented Reality through a Community of Practice - Caterina Giovanzana (Università degli Studi di Trento)
Working Group 3: Session 1
Session 1
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM How do advanced physics courses for in-service teachers influence their views of the mathematics-physics interplay?
10:30 AM Break: Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Cafeteria
11:00 AM Working Group 1: Session 2
Session 2
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Assessing AI Literacy in Physics & Beyond – Robust Performance-Based Test for High-School Students - Tobias Patrick Treczoks (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE))
Working Group 2: Session 2
Session 2
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Mining Difficulty and Misconceptions from Quantum Circuit Simulator Logs
Working Group 3: Session 2
Session 2
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Physics Education with performing arts: The Physical Clown - Matteo Onate Orozco (University of Insubria, Department of Science and High Technology, Como, Italy)
12:30 PM Break: Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Cafeteria
1:30 PM Working Group 1: Session 3
Session 3
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM Design and Implementation of Activities on the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect - Rok Kuk (University of Ljubljana)
Working Group 2: Session 3
Session 3
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM The effect of embodiment on science identity and belonging in physics education – the case of ionizing radiation
Working Group 3: Session 3
Session 3
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM The use of analogies in teaching and learning physics in high school - Margareta Lovkovic (Strukovna škola Đurđevac, Croatia / FMF Ljubljana, Slovenia)
3:00 PM Break: Short Break
Short Break
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM Workshop Session A: Complicating Coding: Practical Qualitative Analysis for Physics Education Researchers
Complicating Coding: Practical Qualitative Analysis for Physics Education Researchers
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Building E, Plenary Room
Contributions

3:15 PM Complicating Coding: Practical Qualitative Analysis for Physics Education Researchers - Geraldine Cochran
4:30 PM Break: Short Break
Short Break
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

4:45 PM All Together: Roundtables
Roundtables
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Building E, Plenary Room

7:30 PM Dinner
Dinner
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

9:00 PM Fun and Games

9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sunday, July 5, 2026
9:00 AM Working Group 1: Session 4
Session 4
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Identifying and Addressing Students’ Conceptions about Force Identification and Newton’s First Law - Marina Ristol Roura (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona Tech)
Working Group 2: Session 4
Session 4
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Investigating Students’ Conceptual Understanding of RC Circuits - Ruoshi Wang (University of the Basque Country)
Working Group 3: Session 4
Session 4
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Understanding How Introductory Physics Course Offerings Differ Across U.S. Universities - Aiswarya Amalucottage (The Ohio State University)
10:30 AM Break

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Working Group 1: Session 5
Session 5
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Teaching and evaluating mechanics in lower secondary school - Kerstin Lindmaier (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz)
Working Group 2: Session 5
Session 5
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Assessing Secondary School Students’ Understanding of the Energy Conservation Law - Petra Plavšić
Working Group 3: Session 5
Session 5
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Towards a Justice-Oriented Physics Education
12:30 PM Break: Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Cafeteria
1:30 PM Working Group 1: Session 6
Session 6
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM How Different Representations Affect Student Understanding of Single Quantum Optical Experiments - Jason Tran
Working Group 2: Session 6
Session 6
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM AI-Mediated Peer Dialogue: Evaluating the Relational Dimension
Working Group 3: Session 6
Session 6
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM Fidelity Across Levels of Implementation within a PLCs Network - kana ofir (Weizmann Institute of Science)
3:00 PM Short Break

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM Workshop: Studying Participation in Physics Inquiry: Embedding Sociolinguistic Discourse Analysis in Ethnographic Case Studies
Studying Participation in Physics Inquiry: Embedding Sociolinguistic Discourse Analysis in Ethnographic Case Studies
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Building E, Plenary Room
Contributions

3:15 PM Studying Participation in Physics Inquiry: Embedding Sociolinguistic Discourse Analysis in Ethnographic Case Studies - Shulamit Kapon (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
4:30 PM Break
Break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM Understanding the Publication Process: Meeting with PRPER and European Journal of Physics Representatives
Meeting with PRPER and European Journal of Physics Representatives
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Building E, Plenary Room

7:30 PM Dinner, Awards, and Games
Dinner, Awards, and Games
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM