Waiting for physics? An inquiry into first year physics students’ experience of a traditionel science curriculum.

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Studies of attrition in science education show that students who leave are often extrinsically motivated,
whereas students who stay are often intrinsically motivated. Furthermore, students (in Scandinavia)
tend to use an introvert discourse when explaining their motives for leaving. A longitudinal study of 26
first year students of physics, who were interviewed on two to seven occasions over a year, show that
even the intrinsically motivated students struggle with their studies. They experience a pressure for
using a surface approach to studying, which they find inappropriate. Although students use an
introspective discourse, analysis of interviews show that they experience a conflict between their
intrinsic interest in physics and the curriculum. This can be interpreted as a problem with the didactical
transposition; the ‘physics taught’ is too distant from ‘research physics’.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Publikationsdato2009
StatusUdgivet - 2009
BegivenhedSociety for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference 2009 - Newport, Storbritannien
Varighed: 8 dec. 200910 dec. 2009

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KonferenceSociety for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference 2009
LandStorbritannien
ByNewport
Periode08/12/200910/12/2009

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