The Relationship between Turkish Middle School Students' 21st Century Skills and STEM Career Interest: Gender Effect

Autor/inn/en	Atabey, Nejla; Topcu, Mustafa Sami
Titel	The Relationship between Turkish Middle School Students' 21st Century Skills and STEM Career Interest: Gender Effect
Quelle	In: Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 7 (2021) 2, S.86-103 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Atabey, Nejla) ORCID (Topcu, Mustafa Sami)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2149-214X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; STEM Education; Middle School Students; Career Choice; Occupational Aspiration; 21st Century Skills; Correlation; Gender Differences; Student Interests; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; STEM; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Studieninteresse; Türkei
Abstract	Several conceptual and theoretical studies on the importance of science-technology-engineering-mathematics (STEM) careers and the 21st century skills required for these careers have been carried out; because they have been accepted as important for the improvement of society and maintenance of economic growth. However, there has not been research within the current educational literature examining the relationship between 21st century skills and STEM career interests of middle school students. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to examine the presence and level of the relationship between middle school students' 21st century skills and their interest in pursuing a STEM career. In addition, the presence of significant differences between male and female students' STEM career interest and 21st century skills was also investigated. The participants of the study were 282 middle school students. The research was completed via a quantitative study based on the relational survey model; data collection tools were STEM career interest survey and 21st century skills scale. A Pearson product-moment correlation method was used to explore the presence and level of the relationship between students' 21st century skills and STEM career interest. In addition, an independent samples t-test was used to answer whether there are significant differences between students' STEM career interest and/or 21st century skills in terms of gender. The findings showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between students' 21st century skills and STEM career interest. In addition, there is not a significant difference between female and male students' STEM career interest, while there is a significant difference between their 21st century skills. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health. Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty, Meram, Konya 42090, Turkey. e-mail: jeseh.info@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jeseh.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01