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Science Aspirations, Capital, and Family Habitus: How Families Shape Children's Engagement and Identification with Science
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Archer, Louise; DeWitt, Jennifer; Osborne, Jonathan; Dillon, Justin; Willis, Beatrice; Wong, Billy – American Educational Research Journal, 2012
Low participation rates in the study of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) post-16 are a matter of international concern. Existing evidence suggests children's science aspirations are largely formed within the critical 10 to 14 age period. This article reports on survey data from over 9,000 elementary school children in…
Descriptors: Science Education, STEM Education, Academic Aspiration, Occupational Aspiration