Engaging Girls in Physics

Subject(s): Physics | Age: Post 16 | Type: Research | Publication Year: 2010 to date

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Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study looks at the theme of equality and diversity. It describes how Sussex Downs College looked at:
• The cultural and social reasons which influence why girls choose not to study physics.
• Whether the teaching and learning activities in the physics classroom are encouraging girls to engage successfully with physics.
• The preferred learning styles of males and females.
• The pedagogical strategies that can make physics more accessible to female students.

Findings were disseminated and new approaches were embedded into the science department's scheme of work.

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx64k

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