exploring physics, uncovering choice continuing professional development workshop

18
Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice Continuing Professional Development Workshop [workshop leader’s name]

Upload: diata

Post on 24-Jan-2016

45 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

DESCRIPTION

Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice Continuing Professional Development Workshop. [workshop leader’s name]. Part 1: Why are you here? Part 2: What are the barriers? Part 3: Exploring solutions Part 4: Action planning. Aims of workshop. Increase your awareness of physics-based careers - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice

Continuing Professional Development Workshop

[workshop leader’s name]

Page 2: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Part 1: Why are you here?

Part 2: What are the barriers?

Part 3: Exploring solutions

Part 4: Action planning

Page 3: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Aims of workshop

• Increase your awareness of physics-based careers

• Identify barriers and opportunities

• Build links between staff/identify roles

• Help students to make better informed choices

Page 4: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Physics provides skills for employability

Students would enjoy andbenefit from the A-level

Physics keeps options open at higher-education

level

Students will want to take physics A-level

BARRIERS

Lack of knowledge ofcareers and employability

Misinformation fromother sources

Lack of knowledge abouthigher-education entry

TimelyAccurate

ConsistentUp-to-date information

Careers & physics staff working

together

Why are you here?

Page 5: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

“I’ve come to the Open Day to find out about degree courses. I wish I’d known that lots of degree courses needed particular A-levels”

I took Biology, Chemistry and Physics at A-level and want to do a degree in Physics. I’m sure this will be OK. I’ve just come to find out a bit more about

the courses.

I’m really interested in the environment but I also like designing

things and I’m quite good at Maths and Physics. I’ve come here to get

some ideas.

I’d love to become an astronaut. I know it sounds daft – but I just

love stuff to do with space.

I’ve enjoyed studying Physics at AS but I want to do languages as well.

Surely physics and languages don’t go together?

I’ve always wanted to be a doctor. But now I’m really unhappy about the

advice I got at school. I’m studying Biology, Psychology and Maths.

?

Page 6: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Part 1: Why are you here?

Part 2: What are the barriers?

Part 3: Exploring solutions

Part 4: Action planning

Page 7: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

What are the barriers to informing students about physics-based careers?

Snakes = barriers

Ladders = opportunities

Page 8: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Other barriers to students accessing timely, accurate, consistent information?

• Social?

• Cultural?

• Family?

• Education?

Page 9: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Part 1: Why are you here?

Part 2: What are the barriers?

Part 3: Exploring solutions

Part 4: Action planning

Page 10: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

“I think that physicists can do pretty much anything. Our training can be applied to almost any activity…”

- Simon Singh

Page 11: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Careers in or from physics?P

HY

SIC

S

Away from physics

Nearby

Still close

A little further P

hD

Le

vel 3

Le

vel 2

De

gre

e

Page 12: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Transferable skills

Ability to model

complex situations Team

Working

Understanding of

technology

Problem solving

Objective thinking

Ability to communicate

complex ideas

Mathematical ability

Analytical skills

Research skills

Evidence-based

decision making

Creative thinking

Ability to evaluate

risk

Page 13: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Printed Institute of Physics career resources

• Explore postcard (for 11-14 year olds)

• Expand leaflet (for 15-16 year olds)

• Experience booklet (for 17-19 year olds)

To order copies e-mail [email protected]

Page 14: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Online career resources

• Careers section on physics.org: www.physics.org/careers

• Future Morph website for video profiles: www.futuremorph.org

Page 15: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Further career resources and information

• Appendix D: full list of career resources from the Institute of Physics

• Appendix E: general CEG information for subject teachers

• Appendix F: other sources of physics-related careers information

• Appendix G: organising physics placements for your students

Page 16: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Part 1: Why are you here?

Part 2: What are the barriers?

Part 3: Exploring solutions

Part 4: Action planning

Page 17: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Action planning

Individual targets

1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

Whole-school priorities

1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

Use a timeline:Action 1 Action 2 Action 3

Page 18: Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice  Continuing Professional Development  Workshop

Aims of workshop (revisited)

Have you:

• Increased your awareness of physics-based careers?

• Identified barriers and opportunities?

• Built links between staff?

To be able to help students to make better informed choices…