Adapting to a Changing World--Challenges and Opportunities in Undergraduate Physics Education

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physics Education ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Undergraduate Physics Education ◽  
Changing World

Demystifying the scaffolding required for first-year physics student retention: contextualizing content and nurturing physics identity,

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. xxix-xxxvi
Author(s):  
Laura Stiles-Clarke ◽  
Katarin MacLeod
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Physics Education ◽  
National Research Council ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
First Year ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Physics Courses ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Canadian Perspective ◽  
Undergraduate Physics Education

Graduates of physics degree programs are a critical element in the development of a scientifically literate, economically competitive society as discussed by the National Research Council in 2013 (Adapting to a changing world: Challenges and opportunities in undergraduate physics education. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. 2013). This qualitative case study invited students at a university in Atlantic Canada to participate in a post-course survey to investigate what influenced them to major or to not major in physics. Sixty students participated in the survey portion of the study, of a possible 121, and the survey data was cross-referenced with data from two student interviews, one professor interview, and one laboratory technician interview. Results indicated that student participants were more likely to choose a physics degree program if they felt that they had enough interest in the subject matter, they had experienced good teaching, and they could see how to apply the degree to a career. In addition, a newly implemented, research-based laboratory curriculum proved beneficial, especially for female students. Fifteen percent of participating students continued into a physics major, which is more than the average of under 10% reported by Nicholson and Mulvey in 2016 (Roster of physics departments with enrollment and degree data, 2013. Focus on: American Institute of Physics. 2016. Available from https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/statistics/rosters/physrost15.1.pdf ). This study provides a Canadian perspective on the choice to major in physics or not, which had been missing from the literature. Findings from this case could be infused into other first-year physics courses to boost student retention rates.

Abilities of Physics Education Students in Constructing Graphics Based on Practicum Results and in Interpreting It

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Hariawan Hariawan ◽  
Muslimin Muslimin ◽  
I Komang Werdhiana
Keyword(s):  
Physics Education ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Thinking Aloud ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Basic Physics ◽  
Undergraduate Physics Education ◽  
The Relationship

The skills to construct and interpret graphs are a form of science skills and are an important component in learning physics. The purpose of this study was to describe the ability of undergraduate physics education students to construct graphs based on practicum data and interpret them. Data obtained through respondent answer sheets, thinking-aloud recordings, and interviews. The research was conducted at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Untad and the research subjects of the Physics Education Study Program students were 6 people obtained based on the values of Basic Physics I and Basic Physics practicum II then divided into three groups of levels (high, medium, and low) with each category as many as 2 people. The results of this study indicate: 1) in general, respondents in the high, medium, and low categories can construct graphs but are not based on the prerequisite ability to construct graphs, especially in determining the x-axis and y-axis variables, 2) on the ability to interpret graphs, respondents can interpret graphs the relationship between variables on the graph but not supported by an explanation or evaluation based on proper physics concepts, 3) The strategy used by respondents in constructing graphs, in general, is to convert data in decimal form or scientific notation and 4) The difficulties experienced by respondents when constructing graphs are converting data, determining the scale and how to determine the variables on each graph axis.    

Are We Still Needed? Reflections on the Profession in BIALL's Fiftieth Anniversary Year

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (02) ◽  
pp. 75-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dunstan Speight
Keyword(s):  
Information Service ◽  
Fiftieth Anniversary ◽  
Law Firm ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Short Overview ◽  
Core Skills ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
Changing World

AbstractIn this article Dunstan Speight, President of BIALL 2018–2019, provides a short overview of current challenges and opportunities facing the profession. In addition to trends affecting all types of law libraries, the article discusses some of the main issues facing the three main types of information service: academic, law firm and chambers, and professional bodies. The article concludes with a discussion of how core skills and experience are still relevant in the fast-changing world of legal information.

Is Physics Education Adapting to a Changing World?

Physics Today ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 48-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner P. Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Physics Education ◽  
Changing World
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