Understanding first-year students’ curiosity and interest about physics—lessons learned from the HOPE project
Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper focuses on results of an interview based survey of first-year university physics students, carried out within the EU Horizons in Physics Education (HOPE) project ( http://hopenetwork.eu/ ). 94 interviews conducted in 13 universities have been analyzed to investigate the factors that inspire young people to study physics. In particular, the main motivational factor, which was proven to consist of personal interest and curiosity, was unfolded into different categories and detailed interest profiles were produced. The results are arguably useful to help academic curriculum developers and teaching personnel in physics departments to provide guidance to students in developing and focusing their interest towards specific sub-fields and/or to design targeted recruitment and outreach initiatives.
Source: European Journal of Physics
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: Helsingin Yliopisto, Imperial College London, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Università degli Studi di Trento, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Universidade de Coimbra, Università di Bologna, Universidad de Granada, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Universitatea din București, Università degli Studi di Udine, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
OpenAlex ID: W2563094880