Louise Archer, Jennifer DeWitt

Understanding Young People's Science Aspirations (eBook, ePUB)

How students form ideas about 'becoming a scientist'

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Understanding Young People's Science Aspirations offers new evidence and understanding about how young people develop their aspirations for education, learning and, ulitmately, careers in science. Integrating new findings from a major research study with a wide ranging review of existing international literature, it aims to bring a distinctive sociological analytic lens to the field of science education.

Set in the context of widespread international policy concern about the urgent need to improve, increase and diversify participation in post-16 science it considers how we encourage an adequate supply of appropriately qualified future scientists and workers in STEM industries; and ensure a high level of scientific literacy in society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317644088
• Artikelnr.: 45681544

Autorenporträt

Louise Archer is Professor of Sociology of Education at King's College London, UK.

Jennifer DeWitt is Research Fellow at King's College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Why Study Young People's Science Aspirations? 2. What Do Young People
Today Aspire to? 3. Schools, Lessons and Science Identities 4. The 'Brainy'
Scientist 5. The Role of Families, Social Class and Science Capital on
Young People's Aspirations 6. Gender, Girls and Science Aspirations 7.
Ethnicity and Science Aspirations: British Asian and British Black students
8. Conclusions and Implications for Research, Policy and Practice