Girls and Upper School Physics: Some Optimism and Opportunity

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Girls and Upper School Physics: Some Optimism and Opportunity

In recent years, the numbers of girls in secondary and tertiary education studying Physics have declined. This research sought to investigate Years 10 and 11 female students’ views about Physics and their physics teachers and was conducted in an all-girls independent school. While the findings show...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Mitrevski, Juliana, Treagust, David
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Australian Science Teachers Association 2011
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35410

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