And the Survey Says…

Autor/in	White, Susan C.
Titel	And the Survey Says…
Quelle	In: Physics Teacher, 53 (2015) 6, S.376 (1 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-921X
DOI	10.1119/1.4928359
Schlagwörter	Physics; Science Instruction; Student Participation; Racial Differences; Ethnic Groups; Asian American Students; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Socioeconomic Influences; High School Seniors; Disadvantaged Youth; Secondary School Science; Access to Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Rassenunterschied; Ethnie; Asian immigrant; United States; Student; Students; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang
Abstract	In the May 2014 issue of "The Physics Teacher (TPT)," we reported that 39% of high school seniors in the 2013 class took at least one high school physics course prior to graduation. (See "TPT" 52 n5, 276-277.) This month we take a closer look at participation in high school physics by racial/ethnic group. As we see below, Asian students are most likely to take a high school physics course, while the participation of African-Americans and Hispanics remains below 30%. As we will see over the next few months, the lower participation can be explained, at least in part, by socioeconomic factors. About half of Hispanic seniors and almost 45% of African-American seniors were enrolled in schools where the student body was deemed as "worse off" than their peers by principals and teachers, and these "worse off" schools were less likely to offer physics. In October, we will look at high school physics enrollment by socioeconomic status of the student body. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Physics Teachers. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740. Tel: 301-209-3300; Fax: 301-209-0845; e-mail: pubs@aapt.org; Web site: http://scitation.aip.org/tpt
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01