Division Why choose science?
National concerns over the uptake of science subjects and an analysis of how school science departments together with careers programmes influence students’ subject choices feature in a recent report from the UK’s National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling. It points out that decisions on science subjects are taken very early in pupils’ education, often well before the implications of those choices can be clearly understood. If pupils are to be encouraged to keep science options open, then both science teachers and careers advisers have important roles to play.
Physics is in fact singled out in the report’s recommendations as in need of special attention, due to its perceived difficulty both within the double-award science course and also at A-level. [ Read More]
