Understanding Young People's Science Aspirations: How students form ideas about 'becoming a scientist'

by Louise Archer and Jennifer DeWitt

Book Overview

Understanding Young People's Science Aspirations offers new evidence and understanding about how young people develop their aspirations for education, learning and, ultimately, careers in science. Integrating new findings from a major research study with a wide ranging review of existing international literature, it brings a distinctive sociological analytic lens to the field of science education.

The book offers an explanation of how some...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138793582
• ISBN13: 9781138793583
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"