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Desiring a Career in STEM-Related Fields: How Middle School Girls Articulate and Negotiate Identities-in-Practice in Science

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  • المؤلفون: Tan, Edna; Calabrese Barton, Angela; Kang, Hosun
  • اللغة:
    English
  • المصدر:
    Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Dec 2013 50(10):1143-1179.
  • الموضوع:
    2013
  • نوع التسجيلة:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • معلومة اضافية
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • المصدر:
      37
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      National Science Foundation
    • Contract Number:
      HRD 0936692
    • Education Level:
      Middle Schools
      Secondary Education
      Junior High Schools
    • الموضوع:
      STEM Education; Minority Groups; Females; Gender Differences; Disproportionate Representation; Middle School Students; Career Awareness; Correlation; Identification (Psychology); Interviews; Ethnography; Science Education; Barriers; Occupational Aspiration
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1002/tea.21123
    • ISSN:
      0022-4308
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      The underrepresentation of non-White students and girls in STEM fields is an ongoing problem that is well documented. In K-12 science education, girls, and especially non-White girls, often do not identify with science regardless of test scores. In this study, we examine the narrated and embodied identities-in-practice of non-White, middle school girls who articulate future career goals in STEM-related fields. For these girls who desire an STEM-related career, we examine the relationships between their narrated and embodied identities-in-practice. Drawing on interview and ethnographic data in both school and after school science contexts, we examine how STEM-career minded middle school girls articulate and negotiate a path for themselves through their narratives and actions. We present four types of relationships between girls' narrated and embodied identities-in-practice, each with a representative case study: (1) partial overlaps, (2) significant overlaps, (3) contrasting, and (4) transformative. The implications of these relationships with regard to both hurdles and support structures that are needed to equip and empower girls in pursuit of their STEM trajectories are discussed.
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      As Provided
    • الموضوع:
      2014
    • الرقم المعرف:
      EJ1034049