The Relevance of Radiochemistry: Perceptions of Future Radiochemists

Johannes Pernaa; Gareth Law; Sanjeev Ranjan

doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01216

The Relevance of Radiochemistry: Perceptions of Future Radiochemists

Julkaisun otsikon käännös: Radiokemian relevanssi: Tulevien radiokemistien käsityksiä

Johannes Pernaa, Gareth Law, Sanjeev Ranjan

Kemian osasto

Tutkimustuotos: Artikkelijulkaisu › Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu

Abstrakti

Radiokemialla on koulutus- ja rekrytointikriisi. Vanhemmat radiokemistit siirtyvät eläkkeelle, ja yhä vähemmän nuoria valitsee radiokemiaa opiskelualakseen. Asetelman vuoksi on pulaa pätevistä radiokemisteistä, ja hiljaista tietoa häviää. Tässä tutkimuksessa selvitetään tulevien radiokemistien kokemuksia radiokemian relevanssista. Tavoitteena on selvittää, miksi radiokemiaa valinneet opiskelijat ovat alan valinneet. Tutkimus oli luonteeltaan laadullinen tutkimus. Aineisto kerättiin sähköpostikyselyillä sisältäen kaksi aineistonkeruusykliä. Ainesot analysoitiin teoriapohjaisella sisällnöanalyysillä tunnetun Stuckeyn et al. (2013) relevanssia hyödyntäen. Tutkimuksen mukaan tulevat radiokemistit kokivat alan erittäin relevanssiksi. He kokivat, että radiokemian olevan mielenkiintoista (henkilökohtainen relevanssi), radiokemian yhteiskunnallisen merkityksen olevan suuri esim. lääke- ja energiateollisuuden kautta (yhteiskunnallinen relevanssi) ja heillä oli selkeä kuva tulevaisuuden työllistymisestä (ammatillinen relevanssi). Tutkimuksen tuloksia voidaan käyttää opiskelijoiden rekrytointiin ja radiokemian opetuksen relevanssin vahvistamiseen.

Julkaisun otsikon käännös	Radiokemian relevanssi: Tulevien radiokemistien käsityksiä
Alkuperäiskieli	englanti
Lehti	Journal of Chemical Education
Vuosikerta	98
Numero	2
Sivut	426–433
Sivumäärä	8
ISSN	0021-9584
DOI - pysyväislinkit	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01216
Tila	Julkaistu - 9 helmik. 2021
OKM-julkaisutyyppi	A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä, vertaisarvioitu

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116 Kemia
kemian opetuksen tutkimus
relevanssi
radiokemia

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