Stanhope Oration [microform] : Drifts From the Sciences / D. R. Stranks
- Bib ID:
- 5216757
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Stranks, D. R
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED045442
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1969
- 14 p.
- Summary:
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Statistical comparison of trends shows that the decline in the proportion of Australian matriculation students studying science subjects is less than that in the United Kingdom. In Australia, the decline in the proportion of new tertiary enrollments in the sciences occurs primarily in the applied and professional science courses which have quotas restricting enrollments. The increasing female enrollment in universities, primarily in arts and social science courses, contributes to the apparent drift in the proportion of science students. There is little evidence that uninspiring school science courses contribute to the decreasing proportion enrolled in tertiary science courses. A more serious drift is the decreasing attraction of teaching for professionally trained scientists: this may be remedied by improved employment conditions, including opportunity for periodic intensive retraining, and a flexible salary scale. Drifts in educational philosophy and from the compartmentalized scientific disciplines have implications for science education. (AL)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Speech given at the Conference of the Australian Science Teachers Association (18th, September, 1969, Adelaide, South Australia).
- South Australian Science Teachers Journal, December 1969.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Adelaide Univ. (Australia)
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- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- 1969
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