Paul Logman is lecturer at the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION), where he organises all the practicals for the Bachelor of Physics. He also conducts research on the effects of those practicals on students.

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Paul studied Applied Physics at TU Delft, obtained his first-degree teaching qualification in physics at VU Amsterdam and a PhD in physics education at the University of Amsterdam. He has taught for many years at almost all levels of secondary education, where he has always focused on open practicals: practicals in which students are given almost complete freedom to conduct their own physics research.

After working as a teacher-researcher in Marc Vrakking's XUV research group, he regained a taste for physics research. Working at LION, he now organises all practicals for the Bachelor of Science in physics, focusing of course on open practicals. He is also a Teaching Methodologist for Physics in Leiden at Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON). In this context, Paul obtained his Basic Teaching Qualification in Leiden in 2020 and his Senior Teaching Qualification in 2024.

Paul is on the board of GIREP (International Research Group on Physics Teaching): an international group for research into all facets of physics education. Within it, he is co-leader of the thematic group on lab education (Laboratory Based Teaching in Physics (LabTiP)).

Furthermore, he is part of a national collaboration on open practical education broader than just physics: S³OIL (Supporting Students' Scientific Open Inquiries in Labs). Internationally, he is part of a group of researchers focusing specifically on lab education in the Bachelor of Physics. Paul is always open to new forms of collaboration both within undergraduate and high school education, both within physics and beyond, and both nationally and internationally.

Currently, his interests lie in the area of student decision making and student creativity and the development students undergo in this during their Bachelor's degree.

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