Challenges of Physics Education in China, A Perspective of Lab Performance
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Lab Study; Physics; High School; Gaokao; Education.Abstract
This paper includes the analysis of Chinese undergraduate students’ performance in the field of physics study. Based on the data collected from a survey inquiring the high school students in Beijing about their lab study circumstances, this analysis offers a potential reason for Chinese university students’ strong theoretical ability but poor manual dexterity. The result shows that compared with other educational systems, the experiment time for Chinese high school students is generally shorter. In addition, the format of experiments is also inflexible in the way students have to follow their teachers instead of designing their own experiments. In students’ opinion, they would like to do more physics experiments since those can stimulate their interests in physics so they are motivated to learn more. However, proper experiments for Chinese high school students are still an issue waiting for an investigation.
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