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Physics in Schools and Universities II: Patterns and Policies
This report, produced by the Centre for Education and Employment Research (CEER), brings together specially commissioned analyses from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and the Higher Education and Statistics Agency (HESA), CEER own database, and data collected by various agencies between 1985 and 2005.
The authors of the report, Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson, analyse:
*the trends in school examination entries and passes
*the number of universities offering physics
*university entries by school background and gender
*subject choices
*graduate output and destinations, including into teaching.
Their findings indicate that there is a decrease in the number of students choosing physics as an A level subject which also impacts on university intakes.
The impoverishment of science education for many students also contributes to the decline in the subject's popularity amongst students. The report asks what importance should be attached nationally to identifying and developing students capable of taking physics to a high level, what role should physics play in general education, and how the desired ends might be achieved.
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