Gender Does Not Make the Difference: Interest in STEM by Gender Is Fully Mediated by Technical Socialization and Degree Program

Autor/inn/en	Goreth, Sebastian; Vollmer, Christian
Titel	Gender Does Not Make the Difference: Interest in STEM by Gender Is Fully Mediated by Technical Socialization and Degree Program
Quelle	In: International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 33 (2023) 4, S.1675-1697 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Goreth, Sebastian) ORCID (Vollmer, Christian)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957 7572
DOI	10.1007/s10798-022-09772-z
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; STEM Education; Socialization; Personality Traits; Foreign Countries; Student Interests; Career Choice; Teacher Education Programs; Engineering Education; Information Technology; Technology Integration; Teaching Methods; Technological Literacy; Majors (Students); Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; STEM; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ausland; Studieninteresse; Ingenieurausbildung; Informationstechnologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Technisches Wissen; Deutschland
Abstract	In Germany, there is a shortage of skilled workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and especially in technology with declining interest in technology and with supposedly fewer teachers in technology education in the next 20 years. The present study examined whether students' interest in STEM is dependent on their career choices (i.e., their degree program), their technical socialization, their personality, and gender. A survey in Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg (N = 350) examined gender-specific differences in teacher training students with and without technology and engineering students via structural equation modelling with the mediators personality, technical socialization, and degree program. Results show that interest in STEM by gender is fully mediated by technical socialization and degree program. Solutions for the reduction of the staff shortage and gender gap in the technical domain are discussed and it is suggested that an integration of technology lessons in the school curriculum and a reduction of gender normatives may help. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01