RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Testing assumptions of the Draw-a-Scientist-Test (DAST): do stereotyped views affect career aspirations?
A1 Toma, Radu Bogdan
A1 Orozco Gómez, Martha Lucía
A1 Molano Niño, Alba Carolina
A1 Obando Correal, Nadia Lucía
A1 Suárez Román, Rocío Stella
K1 Draw a scientist test
K1 Stereotypes
K1 Career aspirations
K1 Educación
K1 Education
K1 Didáctica
K1 Teaching
AB A growing body of research addresses students’ images of scientists using the Draw-a-Scientist-Test (DAST) and its Checklist (DAST-C). These protocols rest on the assumption that stereotypical views of scientists, as identified by the presence of multiple indicators in student drawings (e.g. lab coat, male gender; eyeglasses; facial hair), may affect science career interest. Yet, such an assumption remains unexplored. This study investigated whether stereotyped images of scientists identified by the DAST and DAST-C predicted and affected students’ science career interests. A total of 1799 students in grades 3, 6, 9, and 11 in Colombia drew a picture of a scientist at work and reported their interest in a scientific career. Contrary to theoretical expectations, neither the original seven DAST stereotypical indicators nor the eight alternative DAST-C indicators predicted students’ science career interests. Similarly, drawings of male or female scientists had no predictive power of students’ science career interest. On the contrary, students interested in a science career drew significantly more stereotyped indicators than their counterparts with low interest. This study failed to find evidence supporting the contention of DAST and DAST-C protocols, and raises questions about their validity in identifying stereotipical images of scientists.
PB Routledge. Taylor and Francis
SN 0950-0693
YR 2022
FD 2022-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9988
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9988
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 30-ene-2025