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Direct linkWitherspoon, Eben B.; Schunn, Christian D. – Science Education, 2020
While gender parity has been achieved in overall science degree earning, large gaps still exist within many science disciplines. Further, studies addressing gender inequity in science often ignore a large source of undergraduate science degree earners: those who enroll in science courses intending to pursue careers in health or medicine. This…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Educational Attainment, Bachelors Degrees, Undergraduate Students
Ross Bussell – Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning, 2023
While teacher education programs have long studied what draws students to choose a career in teaching, a less studied aspect of teacher candidates relates to students who change majors to become teachers. As a phenomenon that is common in teacher preparation, I am interested in better understanding why this happens. This article centers around six…
Descriptors: College Students, Majors (Students), Education Majors, Change
Josh Forakis; Joe L. March – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way that students and educators are able to interact in higher education settings, and timely investigations into its impact on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students are of critical importance. In a continued effort to provide student data to chemistry educators, we offer a…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Chemistry, Self Efficacy
Forakis, Josh; March, Joe L.; Erdmann, Mitzy – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
Future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals are a key part of dealing with disasters like that of the coronavirus disease of 2019, but the pandemic may result in a gap in individuals joining the STEM workforce. In the present work, we offer a picture of our students' identity as scientists and intentions to pursue…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, STEM Education, Occupational Aspiration
Yang, Jia-Lin; McKenzie, Sophie – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2018
The aim of education in the 21st century is to cultivate a whole person, not just a professional. Therefore, obtaining an academic qualification (standard credentials) is not enough and other qualities (soft credentials) are also important, including the ability to properly package and present one's credentials and capabilities. This article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Undergraduate Students, College Science
Download full textTimothy G. Harrison; Shirin Alexander; Nick Barron; Jessica Bonham; Marisol Correa Ascencio; Andrew Chapman; Ben Cheesman; Matthew England; Jane Fletcher; Stephanie Flynn; Phyllis Fiadzomor; James Fothergill; Claudio Greco; Ash Griffith; Kate Hanford; Preeti Kaur; M. Anwar H. Khan; Rebecca Ingle; Gordon Inglis; Adele Laurain; Emma Liddle; Marcus I. Medley; Ikenna Ndukwe; Alison Rivett; Rebecca Sage; Zoe Schnepp; Linda Sellou; Katherine E. Shaw; Steve Street; Godiraone Tatolo; Rachel Wellington; Dudley E. Shallcross – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Postgraduate engagement in delivering outreach activities is more commonplace than it once was. However, the impact on postgraduate students (typically studying for a Ph.D. degree) of participating in the delivery of these outreach activities has rarely, if ever, been recorded. The Bristol ChemLabS Outreach program has been running for ca. 17…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Outreach Programs, Skill Development, Employment Potential
Rector, Travis; Wooten, Michelle; Puckett, Andrew; Pilachowski, Catherine; Coble, Kimberly – Physics Teacher, 2018
Research-based science education (RBSE) is an instructional model that integrates scientific research with education by giving introductory-level undergraduate astronomy students an opportunity to do authentic research with real data. Its goals are threefold: (1) to teach that science is a process of discovery, not just a body of knowledge, (2) to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Students, Astronomy
Carpi, Anthony; Ronan, Darcy M.; Falconer, Heather M.; Lents, Nathan H. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
In this study, Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) is used to explore changes in the career intentions of students in an undergraduate research experience (URE) program at a large public minority-serving college. Our URE model addresses the challenges of establishing an undergraduate research program within an urban, commuter, underfunded,…
Descriptors: Scientists, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Study, Self Efficacy
Worsham, Heather M.; Friedrichsen, Patricia; Soucie, Marilyn; Barnett, Ellen; Akiba, Motoko – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2014
Despite the importance of recruiting highly qualified individuals into the science teaching profession, little is known about the effectiveness of particular recruitment strategies. Over 3 years, 34 college science majors and undecided students were recruited into paid internships in informal science settings to consider secondary science teaching…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Student Recruitment, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary School Science
Dou, Remy; Brewe, Eric; Zwolak, Justyna P.; Potvin, Geoff; Williams, Eric A.; Kramer, Laird H. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
The Modeling Instruction (MI) approach to introductory physics manifests significant increases in student conceptual understanding and attitudes toward physics. In light of these findings, we investigated changes in student self-efficacy while considering the construct's contribution to the career-decision making process. Students in the Fall 2014…
Descriptors: Physics, Self Efficacy, College Students, Introductory Courses
Miller, David I.; Eagly, Alice H.; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
In the past 40 years, the proportion of women in science courses and careers has dramatically increased in some nations but not in others. Our research investigated how national differences in women's science participation related to gender-science stereotypes that associate science with men more than women. Data from ~350,000 participants in 66…
Descriptors: Females, Science Education, Scientists, Career Choice
Cridge, B. J.; Cridge, A. G. – Australian Universities' Review, 2015
Every year fewer students are electing to take university level science courses, particularly physics. This situation has led universities and employers to try and encourage more students into science subjects through the development of numerous science outreach initiatives such as guest lectures and summer schools. Much of this work is of an…
Descriptors: Science Education, College Science, College Students, Learner Engagement
Boe, Maria Vetleseter; Henriksen, Ellen Karoline – Science Education, 2013
In response to insufficient participation and female underrepresentation in physics education, this article uses questionnaire data from Norwegian physics students in upper secondary ("N" = 585) and first-year tertiary ("N" = 278) education to characterize the "physics choosers." An expectancy-value perspective is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Instruction, Womens Education
Yasin, Nur Yaisyah Bte Md; Yueying, Ong – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
There are various programs and initiatives in universities that aim to maximize students' potential in their academic journey, personal life, and future career. Research opportunities, internships, overseas exchange programs, and other initiatives aim to equip students with the hard and soft skills needed by employers. Although these efforts are…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Relevance (Education), Curriculum Evaluation
Ogunde, Jared C.; Overton, Tina L.; Thompson, Christopher D.; Mewis, Ruth; Boniface, Suzanne – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2017
This study investigated undergraduate chemistry students' career aspirations and how these vary from one educational system to another in different geographic regions. The participants of this study were undergraduate chemistry students from various institutions located in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The study took place in the form of an…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, Regional Characteristics, Occupational Aspiration
