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ERIC Number: EJ526833
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Incompatible Goals: Narratives of Graduate Women in the Mathematics Pipeline.
Stage, Frances K.; Maple, Sue A.
American Educational Research Journal, v33 n1 p23-51 Spr 1996
This article presents results of an interpretive study of the educational and career paths of seven women who have left the mathematics/science pipeline to research scientist in order to pursue a doctorate in education. Their narratives portray conflicts between their self-concepts and the nature of their chosen disciplines. (SLD)
Descriptors: Career Change, Course Selection (Students), Doctoral Programs, Educational Attainment, Educational Objectives, Females, Graduate Students, Intellectual Disciplines, Mathematics, Midlife Transitions, Occupational Mobility, Personal Narratives, Researchers, Scientists, Self Concept, Teacher Education, Vocational Adjustment
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Pipelines
Note: Section on social and institutional analysis.