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Buckley, Jeffrey; Gumaelius, Lena; Nyangweso, Mercy; Hyland, Tomás; Seery, Niall; Pears, Arnold – International Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Background: Given the disparities in gender representation, efforts are needed to make engineering education more inclusive and attractive to young people. It is important that those entering engineering education are making this decision with sufficient understanding of what it means to be an engineer. This study explored how lower secondary…
Descriptors: Geographic Location, Gender Differences, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes
Agata Lynch; Michael Cauchi; Gráinne Walshe – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
To address the issue of gender disparity in participation in the physics state matriculation exam, a novel school visit program was designed. The program was facilitated by undergraduate university students of physics and related courses who visited schools providing lower secondary education and delivered a single-session workshop including…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Physics, Science Education, Undergraduate Students
McEvoy, Eileen; Heikinaro-Johansson, Pilvikki; MacPhail, Ann – European Physical Education Review, 2019
This paper focuses on the professional journeys of 14 mid- and late-career teacher educators in seven countries in the subject area of physical education. Data was gathered through two rounds of semi-structured interviews and revealed a strong emphasis on the professional relationships impacting upon participants' entry to and development within…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Interprofessional Relationship, Career Development, Teacher Educators
Beecher, Marion; Gorman, Monica; Kelly, Paidi; Horan, Brendan – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2019
Purpose: This paper examines the attitudes and perceptions of Irish adolescents towards potential careers in dairy farming within the context of generational renewal for a dynamic agri-food sector. Design/methodology/approach: The lens of occupational choice theory was used to present a framework within which potential careers are considered. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Adolescent Attitudes
Clarke, Marie – History of Education, 2016
A challenge for historians of education is to explain the ways in which the development of education has been a gendered process. The literature tends to focus on primary and secondary schools; the role played by religious orders; the experiences of female teachers; ideological influences on curriculum; and the preparation of young girls for their…
Descriptors: Females, Educational History, Educational Policy, Social Class
Byrne, Jake Rowan; O'Sullivan, Katriona; Sullivan, Kevin – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2017
This paper explores the use of a constructivist 21st-century learning model to implement a week-long workshop, delivered as a "hackathon," to encourage preuniversity teenagers to pursue careers in STEM, with a particular emphasis on computer science. For Irish preuniversity students, their experience of computing can vary from word…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Workshops, Models, Adolescents
Hamer, Rebecca; Frinking, Erik J.; Horlings, Edwin – RAND Corporation, 2005
RAND Europe has performed a study for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. This study aims to increase the understanding regarding the influence of societal developments and policy initiatives on the attractiveness and uptake of science and technology (S&T) in higher education. This study consists of an international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Science Education