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‘I Have Seen the Opportunities that Science Brings’: An Evaluation of an Intervention to Encourage Girls to Persist in Science Subjects

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Abstract

Women are underrepresented in science careers. To overcome this, it is important to explore how to encourage girls to continue to study science. This intervention involved girls aged 12–14 attending interactive science sessions at a university. Girls completed questionnaires before and after the session. Through the intervention, girls became more likely to believe they could succeed in science and saw it as both more useful and interesting. However, the timing of this intervention appeared to be too late. Many girls had already decided on a career and stated that they would be unlikely to continue to study science if it was not needed in their chosen career.

Acceptance Date Jul 6, 2018
Publication Date Apr 23, 2019
Journal Educational Forum
Print ISSN 0013-1725
Publisher Routledge
Pages 199-214
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00131725.2019.1576820
Keywords intervention, women in science, gender, subject choice
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00131725.2019.1576820

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