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How High School Students Envision Their STEM Career Pathways

Description

Given that many urban students exclude Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics careers from their career choices, the present study focuses on urban high school students and adopts the social-cultural approach to understand the following questions: how do students envision their careers? What are the experiences that shape students’ self-reflections? And how do students’ self-reflections influence the way they envision their future careers? Five students were interviewed and data were coded in two ways: by topic domains and confidence levels. The research findings indicate that: first, a lack of information about future careers limits students from developing effective strategic plans; second, students’ perceived ability to handle situations of potential barriers and communications with their parents might contribute to their certainty about and confidence in future careers.

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PUBLICATION DETAILS

Type
Article
Author
Lin Zhang
Michael Barnett
Publisher
Cultural Studies of Science Education
Topic(s)
Youth Motivation and Interests in STEM
Publication Year
2014