'I Want to Be Like You … ' Using Women Scientists to Challenge Stereotypes and Gender Biases in Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Ana Jurado Gallego; Mª Elena González Alfaya; Rosario Mérida Serrano
Titel	'I Want to Be Like You … ' Using Women Scientists to Challenge Stereotypes and Gender Biases in Childhood
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 37 (2025) 1, S. 80-99Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ana Jurado Gallego) ORCID (Mª Elena González Alfaya) ORCID (Rosario Mérida Serrano)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2024.2418136
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Sex Stereotypes; Gender Bias; Childrens Attitudes; Science Programs; Women Scientists; Foreign Countries; Content Analysis; Biographies; Freehand Drawing; Power Structure; Gender Differences; Program Effectiveness; Knowledge Level; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Children; Elementary Schools; Preschool Education; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterstereotyp; Weibliche Gelehrte; Ausland; Inhaltsanalyse; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Drawing; Zeichnen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Wissensbasis; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Spanien
Abstract	In this study, carried out in different provinces of Spain, we assess the impact of a co-educational science program conducted with children aged 3-6, whose objective is to deconstruct gender stereotypes in science by studying the biographies of female scientists. The evaluative methodology we use is based on analysing the opinions the pupils expressed at a school assembly, and we have applied content analysis to explore how much the pupils learnt about the female scientists, through 401 drawings. The main findings are: (1) 5-year-old children have sexist stereotypes related to the distribution of power between women and men; (2) the program is effective, because the pupils increase their knowledge and enrich their notions of female scientists and their contributions to science; and (3) the pupils do not illustrate situations of indirect inequality among scientists in their drawings, because they only perceive the injustice existing in situations of direct inequality. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2025/3/08