Gender strategies and social representations. The choice of scientific post-baccalauréat streams in France.

Autor/inn/en	Fontaine, Jacqueline; Ohana, Danielle
Titel	Gender strategies and social representations. The choice of scientific post-baccalauréat streams in France.
Quelle	In: European journal of education, 34 (1999) 4, S. 413-424Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 6
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211; 1465-3435
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Identität; Geschlechtsspezifische Sozialisation; Geschlechterrolle; Sekundarstufe II; Fächerwahl; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Studienfach; Abiturient; Mädchen; Frankreich
Abstract	"How can one explain the fact that young women still prefer the literary or commercial disciplines and adopt attitudes of self-exclusion when it comes to mathematics and physics? Is it because the sciences require a 'masculine' intelligence? If so, women may feel this to be an undesirable characteristic for them and therefore censure their interest so as to conform to the more feminine qualities of their friends and not feel excluded or rejected." In order to analyse the gender stategies in the last year of secondary school 573 pupils (46 % girls) were interviewed. The study analyses 1) the influence of the family and socio-cultural background, 2) gendered identities and the relation to knowledge: reasons for choosing the scientific stream, reasons for choosing a type of higher education (university - Grandes Ecoles), choosing of preparation courses for Grandes Ecoles, 3) influences on the strategies for the own professional future or familiy influences. (DIPF/Bi.)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2001_(CD)