Staying in the science stream: patterns of participation in A-level science subjects in the UK
Staying in the science stream: patterns of participation in A-level science subjects in the UK
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留在科学领域：英国 A-level 科学科目的参与模式
DOI：
10.1080/03055691003729161
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Smith E
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作者：
Smith E
本文描述了1961年至2009年A级物理，化学和生物学的参与和成就模式。长期以来，A Level一直被视为更高水平学习的重要门户资格，特别是在科学领域。这一长期的概述探讨了在众多政策和举措的背景下，这三个学科的招聘如何发生变化，这些政策和举措旨在留住更多的年轻人。结果表明，纯科学领域的招聘停滞不前，总的趋势几乎没有变化，政府政策在影响变革方面的记录也不强。没有证据表明A级男女成绩差距扩大，甚至要求所有16岁以下青年学习科学的国家政策似乎对这一级的征聘影响甚微。
This paper describes patterns of participation and attainment in A‐level physics, chemistry and biology from 1961 to 2009. The A level has long been seen as an important gateway qualification for higher level study, particularly in the sciences. This long‐term overview examines how recruitment to these three subjects has changed in the context of numerous policies and initiatives that seek to retain more young people in the sciences. The results show that recruitment to the pure sciences has stagnated, general trends have hardly varied and the track record of government policy in influencing change is not strong. There is no evidence for increasing achievement gaps between the sexes at A level and even national policy requiring that all young people study science up to the age of 16 appears to have had little impact on recruitment at this level.