Physics, Physics Teaching And Gender

As a basic discipline of many subjects, physics is separated from women has already become a general undisputed phenomenon. The researches on the reason for this indubitable fact, especially in the west, are gradually becoming an important study field, whose results are complex and complicated. Based on the standpoint of science and gender of the feminism, and taken into account of the numerous foreign achievements at present, the purpose of this study is mainly to arrange and understand this question.Studies show that the first reason that the physics is separated from women is that physics is constructed by male. The masculinity of physics separated from the traditional female characteristics forms one of heavy obstacles for women to participate in physics. At the same time, such ideas are passed to students by teachers, syllabus and texts, and led to many girls have to give up wishes further their study in physics. The second reason is that, the traditional sex characteristics have led to different gender identities. Moreover it becomes another obstacle for girls to study physics that women's gender identities can't overlap with what women are requested by studying physics. Therefore while changing syllabus and course contents in physics pedagogic, it is also necessary for girls to change their gender identities and related-physics self-concept simultaneously. Thus, girls' interest and ability in studying physics would be increased and that would be more possible possibilities for girls to contribute to the career of physics.Although disputes still exist on the concept of feminism, the movements and theories what it represents, however, its deep influence on our times is indubitable. From the gender perspective, feminism's analysis and criticism that science and gender are constructed by society, not only raise question to objectivity, methodology and the cognitive way of science, but also impose influence greatly on the studies of the science education and gender research, meanwhile provide its sdudy with a new method as well.