Focus and Scope

The Kasuari: Physics Education Journal (KPEJ) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Universitas Papua. The journal provides a medium of communication for researchers, lecturers, physics teachers, educational practitioners, and university students to submit results of studies and prioritized research findings in physics education, theoretical physics, applied physics, and physical sciences. KPEJ aims to advance scientific knowledge, empirical inquiry, methodological innovation, and educational practice across the physical sciences and physics learning.

Recognizing the broad spectrum of physics education and physical sciences, KPEJ encourages diverse theoretical perspectives, empirical investigations, and research methodologies. These include quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches, educational design research, quasi-experiments, intervention studies, theoretical physics modeling, experimental physics methods, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. KPEJ publishes comprehensive original research articles and reviews by experts in the field that demonstrate high scientific achievement, provide new knowledge, and offer significant practical benefits.

1. Physics Teaching, Learning, and Conceptual Understanding

Research examining physics teaching and learning processes, including conceptual understanding, misconception identification and remediation, mental models, scientific inquiry, problem-solving, and mathematical reasoning in physics.

2. Development of Instructional Media, Evaluation Instruments, and Learning Models

Research on the design, validation, and implementation of physics educational innovations, including diagnostic evaluation instruments, HOTS tests, instructional media, interactive simulations, laboratory/experimental KITs, and learning models.

3. Quasi-Experimental and Empirical Intervention Studies

Empirical studies utilizing quasi-experimental, experimental, or action research designs to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of teaching strategies, instructional media, or pedagogical interventions on student physics learning outcomes.

4. Ethnophysics and Context-Based Physics Education

Research exploring the integration of local wisdom, cultural practices, and regional contexts into physics education, including ethnophysics and the integration of Indigenous knowledge with formal physical sciences.

5. Physics Cognition, Affective Dimensions, and Teacher Education

Research on critical thinking, scientific literacy, digital and numerical literacy, student motivation, self-efficacy, and physics anxiety. This area also covers pre-service and in-service physics teacher education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK), Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), and professional development.

6. Digital Technologies, AI, and Innovation in Physics Learning

Research on integrating digital technology into physics education, including mobile physics apps (e.g., Phyphox), sensors and data loggers, virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), online or blended learning, artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and computer-assisted physics instruction.

7. Pure, Theoretical, and Computational Physics

Research examining core principles of theoretical and pure physics (such as mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, optics, quantum physics, and astrophysics) as well as computational physics simulations that advance fundamental scientific knowledge.

8. Applied Physics and Interdisciplinary Physical Sciences

Research addressing applied physics, material science, geophysics, environmental physics, medical physics, biophysics, and instrumentation, including studies with potential applications for physics instruction or laboratory development.

9. Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analyses, and Scientometric Studies

Scholarly reviews and evidence syntheses in physics and physics education, including systematic literature reviews (SLR), meta-analyses, and bibliometric studies.