DIDFYZ is a well-established international conference that has been held since 1977. In 2025, it will be 24rd meeting. The conference will include invited lectures, oral presentations, and discussions on specialized topics. The objective of the conference is to discuss the results of academic research and exchange invaluable experiences in the field of physics education. The conference is organized by the Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Informatics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia. All sessions will be held at the Hotel Boboty situated in a picturesque village of Terchova in northeastern Slovakia neighbored by Mala Fatra National Park. Please send your comments and suggestions to the organizers through the email addresses: info@didfyz.sk |
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April 1, 2025 | Preliminary registration, Abstract submission deadline |
May 5, 2025 | Notification of abstract acceptance |
July 1, 2025 | Full paper submission |
July 14, 2025 | Notification of manuscript acceptance |
July 14, 2025 | The fee payment deadline |
September 17 - September 20, 2025 | Conference dates |
Education reform and its reflection in physical education. |
The basic goal of the DIDFYZ 2025 conference will be to reflect the development of scientific literacy and especially critical thinking as an umbrella of knowledge, methods and competences that the student should have in individual educational concepts.
Appropriate topics include |
1. Theoretical foundations of education reforms with an emphasis on developing science literacy and critical thinking |
Basic principles of reforms and their reflection in practice. |
Changes in the content of physical education under the influence of reform efforts. |
The balance of the content, scope and methods of physical education and its impact on the development of students critical thinking. |
Results of comparing educational systems and reforms leading to them. |
Interdisciplinarity in the development of science literacy and critical thinking. |
Knowledge and natural science skills. |
The conditionality of the development of critical thinking by the content and scope of physical education. |
Science literacy and development of pupils cognitive processes. |
Transferring knowledge into practice and verifying the students ability to use new knowledge in life. |
Changes in the approach to physical education at different levels and types of schools here and abroad. |
Preparation of physics teachers to use new forms of teaching. |
2. Physical content and methods developing science literacy. |
Means and methods of education in physics reflecting the new paradigm of education. |
Intersubject relationships as a stimulator for the development of critical thinking. |
A physical experiment as a tool for verifying critical attitudes. |
Empirical knowledge and physical experiment in the development of key abilities of pupils. |
The methodology of obtaining physical knowledge from various information sources and their influence on the development of critical thinking. |
Exploratory recognition and development of pupils personal abilities. |
Strategies and procedures for conveying concepts from physics. |
The first meeting of DIDFYZ conference was organized on November 24 - 25, 1977 in Bojnice. Subsequently, the meetings were held periodically, aiming at scientists working in the field of physics education. |
Date |
Place |
Topic |
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September 17 - 20, 2025 | Vrátna - Terchová, Slovakia |
Education reform and its reflection in physical education |
September 20 - 23, 2023 | Vrátna - Terchová, Slovakia |
New approaches in physics education for generation Z |
October 13 - 16, 2021 | Vrátna - Terchová, Slovakia | Didactic transfer of physics knowledge through distance education |
October 09 - 12, 2019 | Vrátna - Terchová, Slovakia | Formation of the Natural-Science Image of the World in the 21st Century |
October 19 - 22, 2016 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | From the Roots to Contemporary Education in Physics |
October 15 - 18, 2014 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | To Define the Content of School Physics for the 21st Century |
October 17 - 20, 2012 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | Physics Teaching in the Reformed System of Education |
October 20 - 23, 2010 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | Current Issues of Physical Education in the European Space |
October 14-18, 2008 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | Physics Education in the Light of New Scientific Knowledges |
October 11 - 14, 2006 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | The Improvement of students Skills in Natural Science Education |
October 13 - 16, 2004 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | Information and Communication Technologies in Physics Education |
October 16 - 19, 2002 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | Upgrading the Content of Physical Education |
October 18 - 21, 2000 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | Objectives of Physics Teaching in the New Millennium |
October 07 - 10, 1998 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | New Knowledge in Science and its Transformation into Teaching Physics in Primary and Secondary Schools |
October 23 - 26, 1996 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | Natural Sciences Education for the 21st Century |
August 25 - 27, 1994 | Nitra, Slovakia | Independent Activities for Students in Physics |
September 10 - 12, 1992 | Nitra, Slovakia | Physical Education in the Czech Republic and Abroad |
October 18 - 21, 1989 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | Didactic Modeling of Cognition Processes in Physics |
October 28 - 31, 1987 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | Function of Physics at Elementary and Secondary Schools |
October 24 - 26, 1985 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | Mathematical Methods and Computer Science in Teaching Physics at Secondary Schools |
October 27 - 29, 1983 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | Teaching Physics at Grammar School and Current Problems in Scientific and Technological Development |
September 07 - 08, 1981 | Nitra, Slovakia | Experimental Activity of Pupils in Physics |
November 21 - 23, 1979 | Račkova Valley, Slovakia | Teaching Physics at Elementary School and Present Problems of Scientific and Technological Development |
November 24 - 25, 1977 | Bojnice, Slovakia | The Problem of Solving Physical Problems |