Who Wants to Be a Scientist in South Korea: Assessing Role Model Influences on Korean Students' Perceptions of Science and Scientists

Autor/inn/en	Kenneth Jones, Lee; Hite, Rebecca L.
Titel	Who Wants to Be a Scientist in South Korea: Assessing Role Model Influences on Korean Students' Perceptions of Science and Scientists
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 42 (2020) 16, S.2674-2695 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kenneth Jones, Lee) ORCID (Hite, Rebecca L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
DOI	10.1080/09500693.2020.1829158
Schlagwörter	Scientists; Science Careers; Student Attitudes; Social Capital; Role Models; Private Schools; Goal Orientation; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Comparative Analysis; Intelligence; Foreign Countries; Personality Measures; Freehand Drawing; Cognitive Tests; Projective Measures; Student Motivation; Career Choice; Kindergarten; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; South Korea; Draw a Person Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Schülerverhalten; Sozialkapital; Identifikationsfigur; Private school; Privatschule; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Ausland; Drawing; Zeichnen; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Projective test; Projektiver Test; Schulische Motivation; Sekundarschüler; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Students from Eastern countries score well on international assessments in science yet lack interest in pursuing science careers. Several factors play into students' perceptions of science and scientists, including their home life and attributes of the society in which they live (habitus and capital). One understudied means of examining this issue is exploring the extent to which these perceptions relate to students' role model ideations of scientists, especially among non-western student populations. This paper explores 159 South Korean students' perceptions of science and scientists at two private K-12 schools in South Korea using an adapted form of the Draw-a-Scientist Test. Using the motivational theory of role modeling (MTRM) as a theoretical framework, data was coded from surveys using the three MTRM constructs: goal embodiment, attainability, and desirability. Comparisons were made between schools, genders, across age ranges, and from their direct and indirect knowledge sources of scientists using thematic coding and chi-square analysis. Reported sources of scientists were predominantly sourced from popular media. Although the results suggest no significant difference between how science role models were perceived or ideated between schools or genders, sampled students viewed scientists as embodying goals of intelligence with low ideations of attainability and desirability. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01