Journal article
Career aspirations and employment experience of physics students
Australian Science Teachers Journal, Vol.26, pp.31-38
1980
Abstract
Conflicting claims have been made recently about an alleged decline in physical science enrolments in Australian secondary schools, colleges and universities. In a previous paper (Jennings and Carras, 1979) we investigated these claims using Western Australian enrolment figures and found that there was no evidence of a decline in the numbers studying physical science in W .A. However high school enrolments in Biology have grown more rapidly than those in Physics and Chemistry. We attributed this to a number of factors including the perceived difficulty of physical science subjects and the wide range of optional courses now available to upper secondary students.
Details
- Title
- Career aspirations and employment experience of physics students
- Authors/Creators
- P.J. Jennings (Author/Creator)M.G. Zadnik (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Australian Science Teachers Journal, Vol.26, pp.31-38
- Publisher
- Australian Science Teachers Association.
- Identifiers
- 991005540058707891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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