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The Voice of Experience: How Social Scientists Communicate Family Research to Policymakers
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Friese, Bettina; Bogenschneider, Karen – Family Relations, 2009
Because scientific understanding of communicating family research to policymakers is incomplete, qualitative interviews were conducted with social scientists experienced in bridging the gulf between research and family policy. In keeping with the tenets of 2 communities and community dissonance theories, the underutilization of research in…
Descriptors: Social Scientists, Public Officials, Policy Formation, Family (Sociological Unit)
Towards a Clearer Understanding of Students' Ideas about Science and Technology: An Exploratory Study.
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Hill, Doug; Wheeler, Alan – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1991
An alternative procedure to the draw-a-scientist test (DAST) was used to uncover students ideas about science, scientists, and technology. A series of illustrations (based on the interview-about-instances (IAI) procedure) concerned with appearance, gender, work place, and employment were developed. Through interviews, students (n=121) responded to…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Draw-a-Scientist Test: Future Implications.
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Mason, Cheryl L.; And Others – School Science and Mathematics, 1991
Reports a study to determine the effects of a program emphasizing career information and the value of technical courses on the stereotypical attitudes of high school biology students (n=549) toward science and scientists and their decisions to continue in science. Results indicated that the intervention program modified the image of scientists…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Biology