Thursday 25 April 2013

2013 ACSME Physics Education network Discipline Day and Workshop

Dear Physics Educators,

It is time to organise the discipline day at ACSME. Can anyone who is interested in helping (even in a small way, e.g. by supplying ideas) please contact me at

peg.convenor@gmail.com 

Here is some information from Luby Simpson: 

You may be aware that the 2013 Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education will be held in Canberra over the 19th - 21st of September.
The theme of the 2013 ACSME conference will be "Students in transition - the learners' journey".  Key ideas encompassed by this theme include the transitions to higher education in science and mathematics, supporting underprepared students and pathways from university to employment.  You can see more about the 2013 ACSME conference at its current website



The first day of the 2013 ACSME conference is designated the Discipline and Workshop Day, and I'm keen to invite the Physics Education network to host an afternoon discipline network workshop as part of program:
Tentative program:
9:00 - 11:00  Morning session - themed workshops
11:00 - 12:00  Morning tea and tour of T&L spaces/DVC-E and Dean of ESTeM welcomes
12:00 - 1:00  SaMnet Scholars Meeting/SAFFIRE display
1:00 - 3:30    Afternoon Session - Discipline network workshops
3:45 - buses to University House, ANU

Fostering Learning Improvements in Physics (FLIP)

Hi Folks,

the Fostering Learning Improvements in physics project needs our input. It is an excellent reflective exercise, and a good way to become involved in international  Physics Education Research. Please spread the word to your physics colleagues.

 Note it is an online survey which closes on 7 May. 

 Below is some more information from the authors, and a link to the survey.


I am contacting you regarding the Fostering Learning Improvements in Physics (FLIP) project, which is studying the prevalence and impact of physics education research (PER) within Australia and internationally.

FLIP is based at the University of Edinburgh and has been jointly commissioned by the Institute of Physics<http://www.iop.org/> and the Economic and Social Research Council<http://www.esrc.ac.uk/> (UK).  Full details of the project are available at www.ph.ed.ac.uk/flip<http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/flip>.

One goal of the FLIP project is to characterise the PER landscape internationally (i.e., what research is done, who funds it) and to seek evidence that PER can lead to improved teaching and learning of undergraduate physics.

To this end, we are conducting a survey of Australian PER researchers<http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/flip/flip-surveys/australian-physics-education-research-survey>. Your participation in this survey is vital to our efforts to summarise PER activity in Australia and highlight its impact on the teaching and learning of physics. This will complement our findings on PER in Europe and the UK, and existing data from the US.


The survey is open for 2 weeks, and will close on Tuesday 7th May.


I look forward to hearing your views.