The GIREP conference is the main international event in the field of Physics Education. Conferences are held every two years bringing together participants from all over the world, ready to share their experiences and research work in an interesting and rewarding domain.

This year, the Learning in Science Group, University of Cyprus is proud to host the GIREP-MPTL joint meeting, and we will do our best to make it both fruitful and enjoyable. The theme of the conference Physics Curriculum Design, Development and Validation, highlights an aspect of great relevance to recent innovation efforts in Physics Education: research-based curriculum design as a mechanism for unifying different approaches to enhance our knowledge of learning processes and explore the role of context, designed or circumstantial, in physics learning and instruction. Obviously, highlighting these topics does not mean underestimating or neglecting other important aspects of physics education research and practice.  GIREP 2008, will be a great opportunity not only to present the results of your work, but also to communicate and discuss research topics of common interest with other colleagues.

Cyprus is a beautiful Mediterranean island in the south-east corner of Europe.
Its first University was established in 1989 and strives to assert itself as an institution of scholarship
and creativity in the Eastern Mediterranean. Nicosia, the host city, deserves a visit for its mediaeval
walls, its narrow streets and its many tavernas where you can find delicious traditional Cypriot food
and wine. It is a rather small city of 200000 people with hot summer days but cool evenings,
excellent services, infrastructure and organization. The city is 40 minutes away from some
of the best beaches in the world, and only about an hour away from some of the oldest surviving wall
and floor mosaics in the world.

We hope the conference will be an enjoyable experience for all participants.

We are looking forward in meeting all of you in Cyprus!

Costas P. Constantinou                                                      Theodora Kyratsi

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