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Carlone, Heidi B. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2017
Bent Flyvbjerg (2001), in his book "Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How It Can Succeed Again," argues that social science's aims and methods are currently, and perhaps always will be, ill suited to the type of cumulative and predictive theory that characterizes inquiry and knowledge generation in the natural…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, STEM Education, Identification (Psychology), Intellectual Disciplines
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Carlone, Heidi B.; Webb, Angela W.; Archer, Louise; Taylor, Mandy – Science Education, 2015
The close association between science and masculinity has been widely discussed, yet few studies have focused on boys' negotiation with, and participation in, school science. This paper seeks to trouble monolithic notions of the link between science and masculinity, arguing that the "ideal science student" is a classed, racialized, and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Males, Human Body, Masculinity
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Carlone, Heidi B.; Johnson, Angela – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
In this study, we develop a model of science identity to make sense of the science experiences of 15 successful women of color over the course of their undergraduate and graduate studies in science and into science-related careers. In our view, science identity accounts both for how women make meaning of science experiences and how society…
Descriptors: Scientists, Racial Factors, Females, Careers
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Carlone, Heidi B. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
Recent literature in science education suggests that, to transform girls' participation, learning, and identities within school science, we must think about ways to engage girls in different kinds of educational activities that promote broader meanings of science and scientist. This study was designed to examine more deeply this call for a changed…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Scientists, Physics, Females