Journal article
The Importance of High School Physics Teachers for Female Students' Physics Identity and Persistence
The Physics teacher, v 55(2)
01 Feb 2017
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Abstract
Given the historic and continued underrepresentation of women in physics, it is important to understand the role that high school physics might play in attracting female students to physics careers. Drawing on data from over 900 female undergraduates in physics, we examine when these women became interested in physics careers and different sources of recognition (important for physics identity development) that may have affected their choices at certain time points. The results provide optimism since many of these female students, even those not previously intending science careers, began to intend physics careers in high school and recognition from high school physics teachers had a significant effect on predicting these intentions.
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- Title
- The Importance of High School Physics Teachers for Female Students' Physics Identity and Persistence
- Creators
- Zahra Hazari - Florida Int Univ, Miami, FL 33199 USAEric Brewe - Drexel UniversityRenee Michelle Goertzen - Amer Phys Soc, College Pk, MD USATheodore Hodapp - Amer Phys Soc, College Pk, MD USA
- Publication Details
- The Physics teacher, v 55(2)
- Publisher
- Amer Assn Physics Teachers
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000395804600012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85010223181
- Other Identifier
- 991019169345104721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Education, Scientific Disciplines
- Physics, Multidisciplinary