International Commission on Physics Education (ICPE) Newsletter, Issue 39

This is the April 2000 issue of the International Newsletter on Physics Education (ICPE). It introduces Physics 2000, a millennium book featuring authoritative reviews on major advances and future directions in physics. Highlights include upcoming conferences: the ICPE-GIREP meeting in Barcelona on “Physics Teachers Beyond 2000,” the Philippine conference on computer and IT in physics education, and the 7th Inter-American Conference in Brazil. Articles cover interventions in physics teacher education in the Philippines, trends in French secondary schools, China’s use of multimedia in teaching, and creative approaches like physics toys for science education. The issue also features reflections from Maxwell on experiments and learning.