Exploring Sex Differences in Science Enrolment Intentions: An Application of the General Model of Academic Choice

Autor/inn/en	Barnes, Geoffrey; McInerney, Dennis M.; Marsh, Herbert W.
Titel	Exploring Sex Differences in Science Enrolment Intentions: An Application of the General Model of Academic Choice
Quelle	In: Australian Educational Researcher, 32 (2005) 2, S.1-24 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0311-6999
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Intention; Models; Elective Courses; Enrollment; Science Curriculum; Comparative Analysis; Student Attitudes; High School Students; Predictor Variables; Effect Size; Foreign Countries; Career Choice; Self Concept; Questionnaires; Physical Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Physics; Science Interests; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Analogiemodell; Elective course; Wahlkurs; Einschulung; Schülerverhalten; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Prädiktor; Ausland; Selbstkonzept; Fragebogen; Natural sciences; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft; Biologie; Chemie; Physik; Australien
Abstract	In many countries there remain substantial sex differences in enrolments in elective science courses, despite concerted efforts in recent years to alleviate them. This paper explores the reasons for these differences by comparing models of male and female enrolment intentions in elective courses in biology, chemistry and physics. The models are based on responses from approximately 450 students from 5 Australian high schools. First, a theoretical model, the Science Enrolment Model, was derived from Eccles and colleagues' General Model of Academic Choice. Students' responses were then used to develop empirical models of enrolment intentions in the three elective courses. Analyses for the models were conducted using the LISREL "mean structures" extension. Sex differences in the dependent variables in the models were then attributed to the relevant sets of independent variables. Substantial sex differences were identified in measures of perceived career value, interest and performance expectations in all three models which explained between 70% and 82% of the sex differences in enrolment intentions. (Contains 1 table and 5 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10