Scientists, Their Work, and how Others Perceive Them: Self-Perceptions of Scientists and Students' Stereotypes.

Autor/inn/en	Stamer, Insa; Kubsch, Marcus; Steiner, Mara; Höffler, Tim; Schwarzer, Stefan; Parchmann, Ilka
Titel	Scientists, Their Work, and how Others Perceive Them: Self-Perceptions of Scientists and Students' Stereotypes.
Quelle	In: RISTAL : Research in Subject-matter Teaching and Learning, 2 (2019) 1, S. 85-101Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2616-7697
DOI	10.23770/rt1826
Schlagwörter	Alltagserfahrung; Stereotyp; Selbstwahrnehmung; Medien; Berufsfeld; Deutschland; Schüler; Stereotyp; Wissenschaft; Wissenschaftler; Medien; Nachwuchs; Sekundarstufe II; Schüler; Nachwuchs; Berufsfeld; Wissenschaft; Professor; Wissenschaftler; Deutschland
Abstract	Stereotypes are simplifications of complex characteristics of groups of persons and are common and widespread through media as well as everyday experiences. Especially regarding occupational groups stereotypes can be a problem because many young people base their occupational choices on these simplified conceptions. It is thus important to comprehensively depict scientists´ fields of activities. Therefore, we categorized typical scientific activities into the so-called RIASEC+N dimensions. Based on these dimensions, we investigated the self-perceptions of junior scientists (n = 92) and professors (n = 10) about their own work and compared these perceptions with the perceptions of school students ranging from grades 10 - 13 (n = 244). The results show differences between some scientific activity fields for the three groups. For example, students tend to underestimate creative and social aspects of typical scientists´ work fields and hold rather stereotypical views. Thus, interventions to promote an authentic image of science are needed. (Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main (extern)
Update	2022/1