Collaborative Research: Joint Task Force on Undergraduate Physics Programs

这个重大而重要的项目将召集一群来自学术界和工业界的杰出物理学家，编写一份报告，详细说明本科物理课程应该教授什么。我们的目标是确保下一代的本科物理专业学生为物理学的各种职业做好准备。报告完成后，将分发给全国所有物理系。 美国物理教师协会（AAPT）和美国物理学会（APS）将召集本科物理课程联合工作组（J-TUPP），并制作和传播该报告。这些组织已经要求J-TUPP准备一份报告，该报告将参与并告知物理学家回答这个问题：下一代本科物理学位持有者应该拥有什么技能和知识，以便为多样化的职业做好准备。该报告将为考虑修改本科课程以改善多样化学生群体教育的物理学家提供指导。该报告将包括关于内容，教学法，专业技能和学生参与的建议，并将强调收集可记录的学生成果。J-TUPP的审议结果将显着增加关键核心概念和核心物理实践的知识基础，告知本科物理课程如何最好地为学生提供广泛的职业兴趣。这项工作将集中在物理课程的方面，为学生获得学士学位后立即就业做准备。它直接解决了几个关键的STEM劳动力问题，包括发展多元化，具有全球竞争力的STEM劳动力，以及增加本科物理课程和行业之间的合作伙伴关系。将特别注意本科物理课程的结构特征，促进从历史上在物理学中代表性不足的群体中招募和留住学生。该项目由教育和人力资源局本科教育司和数学物理科学局物理司共同资助。

This significant and important project will convene a group of prominent physicists from academia and industry to construct a report detailing what should be taught in undergraduate physics programs. The goal is to ensure that the next generation of undergraduate physics majors are well prepared for diverse careers in physics. When the report is finished it will be disseminated to all physics departments nationally. The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and the American Physical Society (APS) will convene the Joint Task Force on Undergraduate Physics Programs (J-TUPP) and produce and disseminate the report. These organizations have asked J-TUPP to prepare a report that will engage and inform physicists in answering the question: What skills and knowledge should the next generation of undergraduate physics degree holders possess to be well prepared for a diverse set of careers. The report will provide guidance for physicists considering revising the undergraduate curriculum to improve the education of a diverse student population. The report will include recommendations on content, pedagogy, professional skills, and student engagement and will emphasize the collection of documentable student outcomes. The results of J-TUPP's deliberations will add significantly to the knowledge base of critical core concepts and core physics practices that inform how undergraduate physics programs can best prepare students with wide-ranging career interests. The effort will focus on aspects of physics programs preparing students for immediate employment after receiving their bachelor's degrees. It directly addresses several critical STEM workforce issues including the development of a diverse, globally competitive STEM workforce and increased partnerships between undergraduate physics programs and industry. Particular attention will be paid to the structural features of undergraduate physics programs that promote the recruitment and retention of students from groups historically underrepresented in physics. This project is jointly funded by the Division of Undergraduate Education in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources and the Division of Physics in the Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences.