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Philip Toney; Leiv Opstad; Torbjørn Årethun – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2024
Each student's effort is an important factor in achievement. Mathematics is an important subject for business students since there is a strong connection between performance in mathematics and success in business courses. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors influencing a student's choice of how much effort to put into studying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Mathematics Education
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Ronny Kjelsberg – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2024
This paper will discuss the concepts of Bildung, subalternity, and physics- and engineering education and where these topics intersect and interact with one another. A central part of the concept of Bildung is educating citizens--active participators in society. At the same time, a central characteristic of subaltern groups is that their voices…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Engineering, Physics, Citizenship Education
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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