RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Elementary school students’ interests and attitudes towards biology and physics
A1 Toma, Radu Bogdan
K1 Attitudes
K1 Science education
K1 Gendered interest
K1 Biology
K1 Physics
K1 Psicología
K1 Psychology
K1 Enseñanza primaria
K1 Education, Primary
K1 Sexismo en la educación
K1 Sexism in education
AB Despite improvements in female science enrolment, the gender gap remains in some disciplines. This study examines whether elementary school students (N = 1012, third to sixth graders) display gender-stereotypical interest in learning biology and physics content and how this affects their attitudes towards school science. K-means cluster analysis revealed four interest profiles that resemble career enrolment patterns, with slightly more girls in profiles of high interest in biology over physics (biology interest) and low interest in both disciplines (disinterested), and more boys in high interest in physics over biology (physics interest) and high interest in both disciplines (interested). Students in the interested profile had more positive attitudes towards school science than those in the other profiles. These findings suggest gender segregation in science may be shaped before students make career decisions, calling for attitude-based, gender-inclusive educational interventions from elementary grades.
PB Routledge
SN 0021-9266
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10140
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10140
LA eng
NO his study was supported by the MINECO - PID2020-117348RB-I00 grant, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation; Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 01-feb-2025