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Characteristics of personnel at graduate science education centers: Implications for the future of the profession
Author(s) -
Gallagher James Joseph,
Zehr Eric,
Yager Robert E.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660200402
Subject(s) - homogeneous , graduate education , productivity , graduate students , medical education , rank (graph theory) , higher education , professional development , psychology , sociology , pedagogy , political science , medicine , mathematics , combinatorics , law , economics , macroeconomics
Biographical and professional information for all 168 faculty members employed at the 35 largest graduate centers for science education was collected and analyzed. This is a report of the analysis and a discussion of the implication for the profession. The graduate faculty at major U.S. centers is homogeneous as to age, sex, rank, academic preparation, previous experience, research productivity, and professional involvement. The stability (or slight decline) in number of new personnel employed at research centers, and the multipurpose features of most centers are viewed as major problems. There are few examples of cooperative efforts among the 168 and few examples of clearly defined research efforts over an extended period of time.