Science Capital or STEM Capital? Exploring Relationships between Science Capital and Technology, Engineering, and Maths Aspirations and Attitudes among Young People Aged 17/18

Autor/inn/en	Moote, Julie; Archer, Louise; DeWitt, Jennifer; MacLeod, Emily
Titel	Science Capital or STEM Capital? Exploring Relationships between Science Capital and Technology, Engineering, and Maths Aspirations and Attitudes among Young People Aged 17/18
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 57 (2020) 8, S.1228-1249 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Moote, Julie) ORCID (Archer, Louise)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4308
DOI	10.1002/tea.21628
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; Social Capital; Student Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Academic Aspiration; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Sozialkapital; Schülerverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Ausland
Abstract	We previously proposed that science capital (science-related forms of cultural and social capital) can be used as a theoretical lens for explaining the patterned nature of aspirations and educational participation among young people aged 11-16. Building on these findings, the present article investigates whether science capital is related to post-18 aspirations to pursue further STEM study and whether science capital can be extended to related disciplines including engineering, maths and technology. Specifically, we report on correlational analyses exploring the relationships between science, technology, engineering and maths attitudes and science capital. Drawing on data from a new survey of 7,013 17/18 year old English secondary school students, analyses showed that science capital, while strongly related to engineering and physical science future study aspirations, was not strongly related to the pursuit of either maths or technology postsecondary study. The findings also suggest that engineering and maths attitudes have a stronger relationship to science capital than attitudes relating to technology. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of these findings and propose that science capital might be more usefully applied to "SEM," with links to technology fields and aspirations needing further exploration. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01