Vietnam: What is the nuclear industry? Will 10th-grade students learn about the nuclear industry?

What is the nuclear industry?

The nuclear industry exploits and utilizes nuclear energy for electricity production, generating radioactive isotopes for medical, agricultural, and other applications.

Nuclear energy is released from fission or nuclear fusion processes, producing a massive amount of heat to be converted into electricity.

*Note: The information about the nuclear industry is for reference only./.

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Will 10th-grade students in Vietnam learn about the nuclear industry?

Under Section 5 of the General education program in Physics issued along with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT:

Required outcomes

Topic 10.1. Physics in Several Professions

- Discuss, propose, select, and perform a Learning Task to:

+ Outline the emergence and initial achievements of experimental physics.

+ Describe briefly the role of Newtonian mechanics in the development of Physics.

+ List some major branches of classical physics research.

+ Describe the crisis of physics at the end of the 19th century, the premise for the birth of modern physics.

+ List some major fields of modern physics.

- Describe research subjects; list a few simple theoretical models and some experimental methods of some major fields of modern physics.

- Discuss, propose, select, and perform a Learning Task to explore the scientific models and theories developed and applied to improve current technologies as well as develop new technologies.

- Provide a real-world example of using physics knowledge in various fields (Military; Nuclear Industry, Meteorology; Agriculture, Forestry; Finance; Electronics; Mechanics, Automation; Information, communication; Scientific research).*

In the 10th-grade Physics curriculum, students will be taught about providing real-world examples of using physics knowledge in various fields (Military; Nuclear Industry; Meteorology; Agriculture).

Thus, according to the above regulations, 10th-grade students will learn about the nuclear industry.

What are the regulations on the assessment of 10th-grade students in Physics?

Under Section 7 of the General education program in Physics issued along with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the Physics assessment for 10th-grade students is as follows:

- Reasonably combine teacher assessment with peer and self-assessment of students.

- Assess through observation of group activities inside and outside the classroom, observing practical operations, physics experiments, and analyzing presentations.

- Assess through oral questions and evaluation of exercises, tests, notebooks, practical report results, project study results, research project results, and other learning portfolios;

- Assess using a combination of subjective and objective testing methods; combining formative and summative assessment; regular and periodic assessment.