Factors that Affect the Physical Science Career Interest of Female Students: Testing Five Common Hypotheses

Autor/inn/en	Hazari, Zahra; Potvin, Geoff; Lock, Robynne M.; Lung, Florin; Sonnert, Gerhard; Sadler, Philip M.
Titel	Factors that Affect the Physical Science Career Interest of Female Students: Testing Five Common Hypotheses
Quelle	In: Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 9 (2013) 2, S.020115-1 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-9178
DOI	10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.9.020115
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Females; Womens Education; Gender Differences; Career Choice; Physical Sciences; Influences; Single Sex Classes; Physics; Women Faculty; Scientists; Disproportionate Representation; Occupational Aspiration; Middle Schools; High Schools; Secondary School Science; College Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Weibliches Geschlecht; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Natural sciences; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Single-sex classes; Single-sex schools; Single sex schools; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Physik; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; Oberschule; Collegestudent
Abstract	There are many hypotheses regarding factors that may encourage female students to pursue careers in the physical sciences. Using multivariate matching methods on national data drawn from the Persistence Research in Science and Engineering (PRiSE) project ("n" = 7505), we test the following five commonly held beliefs regarding what factors might impact females' physical science career interest: (i) having a single-sex physics class, (ii) having a female physics teacher, (iii) having female scientist guest speakers in physics class, (iv) discussing the work of female scientists in physics class, and (v) discussing the underrepresentation of women in physics class. The effect of these experiences on physical science career interest is compared for female students who are matched on several factors, including prior science interests, prior mathematics interests, grades in science, grades in mathematics, and years of enrollment in high school physics. No significant effects are found for single-sex classes, female teachers, female scientist guest speakers, and discussing the work of female scientists. However, discussions about women's underrepresentation have a significant positive effect. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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