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How choosing science depends on students’ individual fit to ‘science culture’
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dc.contributor.author | Taconis, Ruurd | de |
dc.contributor.author | Kessels, Ursula | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-09T06:21:00Z | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-29T22:22:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-29T22:22:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | de |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/13434 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper we propose that the unpopularity of science in many industrialized countries is largely due to the gap between the subculture of science, on the one hand, and students’ self-image, on the other hand. We conducted a study based on the self-to-prototype matching theory (Burke & Reitzes, 1981), testing whether the perceived mismatch between the typical representative of the science culture (the science prototype) and students’ self-image is linked to not choosing science as a major. Fifty-four Dutch 9th-grade students currently choosing their subject majors (so-called profiles) completed a Dutch version of a questionnaire previously designed by Hannover and Kessels (2004), which measures students’ perceptions of typical peers favouring different school subjects (prototypes for physics, biology, economics, languages) and students’ self-image. Students chose a profile to the extent that they conceived of themselves as similar to the typical peer who likes the key subject of that profile. Fifty percent of variance was explained when using an aggregated science vs. humanities distance score and predicting whether a student had chosen a science- or a humanities-related profile. A comparison of Dutch students’ description of the physics prototype with the German data from Hannover and Kessels (2004) revealed similar prototypes in both countries. The traits ascribed to the physics prototype were in line with science-related values and the culture of science as described by Merton (1973) and Traweek (1992), for example. The relevance of the perceived fit of the culture of science to students’ selves for academic choices is discussed. | en |
dc.language | en | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Sociology & anthropology | en |
dc.subject.ddc | Secondary education | en |
dc.subject.ddc | Sekundarbildung | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Soziologie, Anthropologie | de |
dc.title | How choosing science depends on students’ individual fit to ‘science culture’ | en |
dc.description.review | begutachtet (peer reviewed) | de |
dc.description.review | peer reviewed | en |
dc.source.journal | International Journal of Science Education | de |
dc.source.volume | 31 | de |
dc.source.issue | 8 | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Bildungs- und Erziehungssoziologie | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Secondary Education Sector Lower Level | en |
dc.subject.classoz | Bildungswesen Sekundarstufe I | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Sociology of Education | en |
dc.identifier.urn | urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-134347 | de |
dc.date.modified | 2010-09-13T14:11:00Z | de |
dc.rights.licence | PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project) | de |
dc.rights.licence | PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project) | en |
ssoar.gesis.collection | SOLIS;ADIS | de |
ssoar.contributor.institution | http://www.peerproject.eu/ | de |
internal.status | 1 | de |
dc.type.stock | article | de |
dc.type.document | journal article | en |
dc.type.document | Zeitschriftenartikel | de |
dc.rights.copyright | f | de |
dc.source.pageinfo | 1115-1132 | |
internal.identifier.classoz | 10208 | |
internal.identifier.classoz | 10607 | |
internal.identifier.journal | 171 | de |
internal.identifier.document | 32 | |
internal.identifier.ddc | 373 | |
internal.identifier.ddc | 301 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690802050876 | de |
dc.description.pubstatus | Postprint | en |
dc.description.pubstatus | Postprint | de |
internal.identifier.licence | 7 | |
internal.identifier.pubstatus | 2 | |
internal.identifier.review | 1 | |
internal.check.abstractlanguageharmonizer | CERTAIN | |
internal.check.languageharmonizer | CERTAIN_RETAINED |
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