Desiring a career in STEM-related fields: How middle school girls articulate and negotiate identities-in-practice in science

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1143-1179

  Tan, Edna ^a   Calabrese Barton, Angela ^b   Kang, Hosun ^c   O'Neill, Tara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; identity; science education; sociocultural

Indexed keywords

CAREER GOALS; GENDER; IDENTITY; MIDDLE SCHOOL; REPRESENTATIVE CASE; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SOCIOCULTURAL; SUPPORT STRUCTURES;

RESEARCH;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84887471496     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.21123     Document Type: Article

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