论文标题
改造美国粒子物理教育：雪地2021研究
Transforming U.S. Particle Physics Education: A Snowmass 2021 Study
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论文摘要
在粒子物理学中追求知识需要持续学习。随着新工具的可用，开发了新的理论，物理学家通过不断发展的方法搜索新的答案。但是，正式的教育系统是粒子物理学家的主要培训理由。研究生院（和本科学校的程度较小）是研究人员学习研究所需的大多数技术技能，发展科学问题解决能力，学习如何在自己的领域建立自己并开始发展自己的职业。因此，不幸的是，物理学家在正规教育期间获得的技能通常与成功的物理事业所需的技能不匹配。我们对美国粒子物理界进行了一项调查，以确定研究生和本科教育的缺失要素，并评估如何弥合这些差距。在这篇贡献的论文中，这是2021 - 22年雪人社区规划练习的一部分，我们报告了这项调查的结果。我们还建议一些特定的社区行动来提高粒子物理教育的质量；这里的“社区”是指物理部门，国家实验室，专业社会，资助机构和个人物理学家。
The pursuit of knowledge in particle physics requires constant learning. As new tools become available, new theories are developed, and physicists search for new answers with ever-evolving methods. However, it is the case that formal educational systems serve as the primary training grounds for particle physicists. Graduate school (and undergraduate school to a lesser extent) is where researchers learn most of the technical skills required for research, develop scientific problem-solving abilities, learn how to establish themselves in their field, and begin developing their career. It is unfortunate, then, that the skills gained by physicists during their formal education are often mismatched with the skills actually required for a successful career in physics. We performed a survey of the U.S. particle physics community to determine the missing elements of graduate and undergraduate education and to gauge how to bridge these gaps. In this contributed paper, part of the 2021-22 Snowmass Community Planning Exercise, we report the results of this survey. We also recommend several specific community actions to improve the quality of particle physics education; the "community" here refers to physics departments, national labs, professional societies, funding agencies, and individual physicists.
