Interdisciplinary high-school curriculum in electro-optics as a tool to enhance students' interest in optics and electronics

Aharon Gero; Efrat Zach

doi:10.1117/12.2070379

17 July 2014 Interdisciplinary high-school curriculum in electro-optics as a tool to enhance students' interest in optics and electronics

Aharon Gero, Efrat Zach

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Proceedings Volume 9289, 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference; 92890L (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070379
Event: 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference, 2013, Porto, Portugal

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An interdisciplinary curriculum in electro-optics was recently developed and implemented in a leading high school. This unique three-year program integrates optics and electronics and is designed to enhance students' interest in these areas. The study described here characterized the changes during the course of the school year in the attitudes towards the program and towards future pursuit of physics and engineering of fourteen 12th grade students. Questionnaires and semistructured interviews were used to collect data. Research findings reveal a considerable improvement in students' attitudes towards interdisciplinary studying of optics and electronics. The research also indicates that in addition to an increase in the students' interest in the program, their desire to continue with more advanced studies in these fields increased as well.

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Aharon Gero and Efrat Zach "Interdisciplinary high-school curriculum in electro-optics as a tool to enhance students' interest in optics and electronics", Proc. SPIE 9289, 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference, 92890L (17 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070379

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