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The Impact of STEM Activities on the Interest and Aspirations in STEM Careers of 12th-Grade Portuguese Students in Science and Technology Curriculum

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Sociais::Ciências da Educação
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorRibeirinha, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorBaptista, Mónica
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, Marisa
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-14T00:02:42Z
dc.date.available2025-02-14T00:02:42Z
dc.date.issued2024-12-31
dc.description.abstractSocial cognitive career theory posits that career interests and decisions are influenced by individual, contextual, and behavioural factors. This research aims to assess the impact of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) activities on students’ interest and aspirations in STEM careers. Additionally, the study aims to explore the critical factors that might shape students’ STEM career aspirations. The research used a quantitative approach, with pre- and post-test measures for a cohort of 191 Portuguese secondary school students, using the Career Interest Questionnaire (CIQ). The results showed that STEM activities increased the intentions of non-STEM students to pursue educational opportunities that could potentially lead to a scientific career. Males, in contrast to females, showed a significant increase in their intentions to pursue educational opportunities that could eventually lead to a scientific career. Furthermore, gender along with the personal goals and positive perceptions of STEM careers were identified as significant predictors of the students’ STEM career aspirations. These results highlight the critical role of STEM education in developing and sustaining students’ interest in STEM careers. Integrated STEM activities should be developed in the early stages of education to enhance students’ confidence in STEM and mitigate the gender gap.eng
dc.identifier.citationRibeirinha, T., Baptista, M. and Correia, M. (2024). The Impact of STEM Activities on the Interest and Aspirations in STEM Careers of 12th-Grade Portuguese Students in Science and Technology Curriculum. European Journal of STEM Education, 9(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.20897/ejsteme/15830
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.20897/ejsteme/15830
dc.identifier.issn2468-4368
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/5701
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherLectito
dc.relationFCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., under the project nº UID/CED/04748/2020
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.lectitopublishing.nl/Article/Detail/the-impact-of-stem-activities-on-the-interest-and-aspirations-in-stem-careers-of-12th-grade-15830
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectcareer
dc.subjectintegrated STEM activities
dc.subjectinterest
dc.subjectsecondary students
dc.titleThe Impact of STEM Activities on the Interest and Aspirations in STEM Careers of 12th-Grade Portuguese Students in Science and Technology Curriculumeng
dc.typecontribution to journal
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage21
oaire.citation.titleEuropean Journal of Science Education
oaire.citation.volume9
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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