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The numbers of students studying physics at upper second level and the low numbers of teachers qualified to teach physics at second level are a matter of concern for the future of STEM education in Ireland and internationally. This study describes a national collaboration focussed on addressing teacher’s approaches to the teaching and learning of physics at lower second level, raising awareness of physics/STEM careers and examining teachers’ and students’ academic resilience and unconscious biases. The findings report on the design and implementation of a physics teacher professional development programme with all lower secondary science teachers from seven Irish second-level schools.
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O’Neill, D., McLoughlin, E. (2020). Enhancing the Teaching and Learning of Physics at Lower Second Level in Ireland. In: Guisasola, J., Zuza, K. (eds) Research and Innovation in Physics Education: Two Sides of the Same Coin. Challenges in Physics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51182-1_19
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