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Wolfe, Melissa Joy – Australian Educational Researcher, 2023
The capacity to aspire for young people is significant, as they cannot choose to be what they cannot experience or imagine becoming. Student exchange programmes that expand experiences of STEM may increase opportunities, interests, and participation for rural young people in the STEM subject field. This paper creates a cartography with data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affective Behavior, Psychological Patterns, Aspiration
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Peterson, Barbara; Bornemann, Greta; Lydon, Cheryl; West, Kimberly – Peabody Journal of Education, 2015
In rural settings, leaving for college can mean a young person's first step in leaving home forever (Sherman & Sage, 2011). That presents a serious challenge for college recruiters as they ask parents from Indian reservations or close-knit Hispanic or rural farming communities to allow their children to consider postsecondary opportunities. In…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, STEM Education, Barriers, Postsecondary Education