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Alien or Alike? How the Perceived Similarity between the Typical Science Teacher and a Student's Self-Image Correlates with Choosing Science at School
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Kessels, Ursula; Taconis, Ruurd – Research in Science Education, 2012
By applying the self-to-prototype matching theory to students' academic choices, this study links the unpopularity of science in many industrialized countries with the perceived gap between typical persons representing science (e.g. physics teachers) on the one hand and students' self-image on the other. A sample of N = 308 Dutch and German…
Descriptors: Physics, Student Attitudes, Science Teachers, Science Instruction