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Forma Mentis Networks Reconstruct How Italian High Schoolers and International STEM Experts Perceive Teachers, Students, Scientists, and School
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Stella, Massimo – Education Sciences, 2020
This study investigates how students and researchers shape their knowledge and perception of educational topics. The mindset or forma mentis of 159 Italian high school students and of 59 international researchers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) are reconstructed through forma mentis networks, i.e., cognitive networks of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Correlation, High School Students, Researchers
Patterns of Third Mission Engagement among Scientists and Engineers
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Mejlgaard, Niels; Ryan, Thomas Kjeldager – Research Evaluation, 2017
In the context of growing societal demand and interdependency, universities need to prioritize their "third mission" activities and balance them against core functions. Individual researchers too are faced with multiple external constituencies and various mechanisms for interaction. The degree, target, and mode of their involvement with…
Descriptors: Scientists, Engineering, Researchers, College Faculty
Informal Science: Family Education, Experiences, and Initial Interest in Science
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Dabney, Katherine P.; Tai, Robert H.; Scott, Michael R. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2016
Recent research and public policy have indicated the need for increasing the physical science workforce through development of interest and engagement with informal and formal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics experiences. This study examines the association of family education and physical scientists' informal experiences in…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Science Education, STEM Education, Science Interests
The Gender-Differential Impact of Work Values on Prospects in Research Careers
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Hüttges, Annett; Fay, Doris – Journal of Career Development, 2015
Women are strongly underrepresented at top positions in research, with some research suggesting the postdoctoral career stage is a critical stage for female researchers. Drawing on role congruity theory and social cognitive career theory, we tested the gender-differential impact of work values (extrinsic rewards-oriented work values and work-life…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Work Attitudes, Values, Family Work Relationship
Women's Representation in Science Predicts National Gender-Science Stereotypes: Evidence from 66 Nations
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Miller, David I.; Eagly, Alice H.; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
In the past 40 years, the proportion of women in science courses and careers has dramatically increased in some nations but not in others. Our research investigated how national differences in women's science participation related to gender-science stereotypes that associate science with men more than women. Data from ~350,000 participants in 66…
Descriptors: Females, Science Education, Scientists, Career Choice
Does Doing Scientific Research in High School Correlate with Students Staying in Science? A Half-Century Retrospective Study
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Roberts, Lesley F.; Wassersug, Richard J. – Research in Science Education, 2009
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has declared in an advertising campaign that "you can't start young enough" in science. However, there is no long-term data evaluating the effect of early exposure to original scientific research on producing career scientists. To address this issue, we examined a hands-on summer…
Descriptors: High Schools, Scientific Research, Science Instruction, Correlation
Attitude Research in Science Education: Classic and Contemporary Measurements
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Saleh, Issa M., Ed.; Khine, Myint Swe, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The research into how students' attitudes affect their learning of science related subjects has been one of the core areas of interest by science educators. The development in science education records various attempts in measuring attitudes and determining the correlations between behavior, achievements, career aspirations, gender identity and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes