Physics Curriculum in Upper Secondary Schools: What Leading Physicists Want

Autor/inn/en	Žák, Vojtech; Kolár, Petr
Titel	Physics Curriculum in Upper Secondary Schools: What Leading Physicists Want
Quelle	In: Science Education, 107 (2023) 3, S.677-712 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Žák, Vojtech) ORCID (Kolár, Petr)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8326
DOI	10.1002/sce.21785
Schlagwörter	Physics; Curriculum Development; Foreign Countries; Secondary Schools; Scientists; Textbook Preparation; Czech Republic + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Ausland; Sekundarschule; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Lehrbucharbeit; Tschechische Republik
Abstract	This paper explores the views of leading Czech physicists regarding a physics curriculum for upper secondary schools. This paper presents the first part of an effort to define starting points for a new physics curriculum in Czechia (subsequent phases would analyze the opinions of other scientists, education experts, and physics teachers regarding the physicists' ideas) and create a new physics textbook for upper secondary schools. The methodology was inspired especially by the objectivist grounded theory. We conducted in-depth interviews about the upper secondary physics curriculum with 29 leading Czech physicists and identified 56 ideas (categories) that they agreed on (according to the interview analysis). Subsequently, a questionnaire was created based on these 56 ideas. Two years later, the same group of physicists were asked to express their opinions on the ideas on a 7-point Likert scale. The new survey sought to clarify the relevance and permanence of the ideas, and the physicists' willingness to collaborate on constructing a physics curriculum for upper secondary schools. Four core categories--students, physics, context, and math--were identified through a comparison of the relevance of the ideas. Additionally, we compared the questionnaire answers of a physicist with their opinions during the interview and identified 43 ideas as permanent (in the 2-year interval). Surprisingly, 26 of the 29 researchers in the initial study completed the subsequent questionnaire survey and 13 among these expressed their willingness to contribute to the development of a physics textbook for upper secondary schools. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01