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This book offers a comprehensive exploration of innovative research and emerging practices aimed at strengthening physics education in a rapidly changing world. Bringing together contributions from international experts, it examines how physics teaching and learning can evolve to meet the needs of diverse learners and contemporary societies.The volume highlights new approaches to engaging young learners, showcasing strategies that build curiosity, foster foundational understanding, and support early scientific thinking. At the university level, contributors discuss methods for developing deeper physics competencies, improving student retention, and aligning instruction with modern scientific and technological developments. Several chapters address how physics education must adapt to the challenges of today's world, including preparing students for a technologically driven society and integrating climate change education to foster informed, responsible global citizens. A dedicated section focuses on the professional learning of physics teachers, presenting research based models that support continuous growth, pedagogical innovation, and stronger teaching communities. By sharing perspectives, studies, and classroom experiences from around the globe, this book provides educators, researchers, and policymakers with valuable insights for improving physics education at all levels. It demonstrates how embracing change, pedagogical, technological, and societal, can lead to richer learning experiences and a more resilient, forward looking physics education system.

This book explores in detail the role of laboratory work in physics teaching and learning. Compelling recent research work is presented on the value of experimentation in the learning process, with description of important research-based proposals on how to achieve improvements in both teaching and learning. The book comprises a rigorously chosen selection of papers from a conference organized by the International Research Group on Physics Teaching (GIREP), an organization that promotes enhancement of the quality of physics teaching and learning at all educational levels and in all contexts. The topics covered are wide ranging. Examples include the roles of open inquiry experiments and advanced lab experiments, the value of computer modeling in physics teaching, the use of web-based interactive video activities and smartphones in the lab, the effectiveness of low-cost experiments, and assessment for learning through experimentation. The presented research-based proposals will be of interest to all who seek to improve physics teaching and learning.