SCIENCE AT THE CROSSROADS? THE DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN AUSTRALIAN HIGHER EDUCATION

被引：5

作者：

Dobson, Ian ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Monash Univ, Ctr Populat & Urban Res, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia

来源：

TERTIARY EDUCATION AND MANAGEMENT | 2006年 / 12卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1007/s11233-006-0004-2

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

The Australian Government has stressed the important role universities play in producing knowledge workers to service the needs of the technology-driven new economy. The massification of Australian higher education from 1989 rapidly increased the stock of university-educated people in all disciplines. Although university science enrolments also grew, analysis reveals both that the growth rate has been considerably less than the sector average, and that there has been a serious decline in the number of students being trained in the enabling sciences: chemistry, mathematics and physics. Recent Government policies are unlikely to reverse this critical decline.

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页码：183 / 195

页数：13