Overview
- Offers new insights into what determines how students' interest in science and scientific careers evolves
- Describes specific strategies for the improvement of recruitment and retention in STEM Higher Education
- Provides tools for helping students to make a meaningful educational choice
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Drawing on data generated by the EU’s Interests and Recruitment in Science (IRIS) project, this volume examines the issue of young people’s participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. With an especial focus on female participation, the chapters offer analysis deploying varied theoretical frameworks, including sociology, social psychology and gender studies. The material also includes reviews of relevant research in science education and summaries of empirical data concerning student choices in STEM disciplines in five European countries.
Featuring both quantitative and qualitative analyses, the book makes a substantial contribution to the developing theoretical agenda in STEM education. It augments available empirical data and identifies strategies in policy-making that could lead to improved participation—and gender balance—in STEM disciplines. The majority of the chapter authors are IRIS project members, with additional chapters written by specially invited contributors. The book provides researchers and policy makers alike with a comprehensive and authoritative exploration of the core issues in STEM educational participation.
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Applying Feminist Perspectives to Understand STEM Participation
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Conclusions and Recommendations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding Student Participation and Choice in Science and Technology Education
Editors: Ellen Karoline Henriksen, Justin Dillon, Jim Ryder
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7793-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7792-7Published: 26 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7924-1Published: 10 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7793-4Published: 17 September 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 412
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Science Education, Mathematics Education, Higher Education, Job Careers in Science and Engineering