期刊名称：Physical Review ST Physics Education Research
电子版ISSN：1554-9178
出版年度：2014
卷号：10
期号：2
页码：1-10
DOI：10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.10.020106
出版社：American Physical Society
摘要：Physics education research (PER) is a rapidly growing area of PhD specialization. In this article we examine the trajectories that led respondents into a PER graduate program as well as their expected future trajectories. Data were collected in the form of an online survey sent to graduate students in PER. Our findings show a lack of visibility of PER as a field of study, a dominance of work at the undergraduate level, and a mismatch of future desires and expectations. We suggest that greater exposure is needed so PER is known as a field of inquiry for graduates, that more emphasis should be placed on research beyond the undergraduate level, and that there needs to be stronger communication to graduate students about potential careers.
