Thoughts on what puts girls off physics in the UK...
https://telescoper.wordpress.com/2023/01/09/putting-girls-off-physics/
@telescoper I should also say I strongly agree with you on the point of physics versus maths as indicators of achievement (progression to graduation and award classification). I found leaving cert physics was not nearly as strong an indicator as leaving cert maths from analysing the data. Even when I did my leaving some 27 years ago leaving cert physics was less like university physics than applied maths at leaving cert, which was very good preparation for the first year of my UG.
@nuadatt Our first-year Mathematical Physics (which I teach) is quite close to Applied Mathematics at LC.
@telescoper Indeed, and yet according to the Teaching Council many/most physicists (myself included) would not meet subject requirements for accreditation to teach Applied Maths at Leaving Cert...😂 😅 😩 😭
