Increasing gender diversity among students in physics

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  • ICPE 2022

Abstract

Getting a good gender representation in physics courses, amongst both high school, university and pre-service teacher students, is a perennial problem. But does this apply to every country? Questions this panel will address are: 

  • Is obtaining a good gender representation more of a problem in developed countries?
  • Which courses have the largest and smallest gender disparities?
  • Are there examples of successful initiatives to improve the gender balance?

This panel will explore the country context of gender differences and brainstorm what we can learn from each other.

CHAIR

Manjula D. Sharma, The University of Sydney, Australia

PANELLISTS

Gillian Butcher, University of Leicester, UK

Tegan Clark, Australian National University and IncludeHER, Australia

Margaret Samiji, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

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Published

2022-11-25

Issue

Proceedings of the IUPAP International Conference on Physics Education 2022

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Panel Discussion Abstracts

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