International Commission on Physics Education (ICPE) Newsletter, Issue 18

This March 1989 issue focuses on UNESCO’s role in promoting science education worldwide, emphasizing cooperation between industrialized and developing countries to improve physics teaching. It highlights challenges such as inadequate resources, teacher training, and the need for innovative projects supported by international collaboration. Articles discuss misconceptions in Chinese physics terminology, strategies to make physics relevant by linking it to everyday phenomena, and findings from international assessments of science achievement among students in 17 countries. The issue also includes problems from the 1988 International Physics Olympiad, a report on the Munich conference on teaching modern physics, and announcements of upcoming conferences on energy education, experimental physics, and curriculum development.