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The impact of outreach activities in science carriers decisions at secondary school

Barcelona, September 2013

STIMULA Conference In collaboration with:

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Vocations: What are we talking about?

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Vocations: What does it mean to us?

Vocational Choice

Decisional process

Time

Vocations: a decisional process

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Impact: What are we talking about?

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STEM

Vocational Choice

Vocations: a decisional process

Impact: What does it mean to us?

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Vocational choice: potential decision elements

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Vocational Choice

+30 Potential decision elements +70 Bibliographic resources consulted

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Decision elements: conceptual groupings

Vocational choice: identifyied potential decision elements

Educative environment: Academic performance, teacher

Close environment/Family: Economical & Sociocultural status of the family, close reference in STEM, etc. Social environment: STEM professions perceived prestige,

-economical level

Referente centro

Conocimiento currículo y salidas de la educación

secundaria postobligatoria

Conocimiento requisitos de

acceso, currículo y salidas de la

educación superior

Conocimiento de los requisitos de

acceso y oportunidades laborales de su rama vocacional

Información/ conocimiento de carreras

vocacionales

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Entorno educativo

Recomendación / Orientación

percibida

Biodatos académicos

Rendimiento en asignaturas

CTM

Rendimiento académico

CTM

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Rendimiento en todas las asignaturas

Rendimiento académico

general

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Percepción clases CTM

Ayuda en casaInfluencia

profesorado / centro

Percepción de la imagen

asignada por el profesorado

Referente profesorado

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Referentes positivos y negativos

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Participación en actividades

CTM

Influencia admitida

profesores

Entorno cercano

Posesiones domésticas

(HOMEPOS)

Estatus económico,

social y cultural familiar(ESCS)  

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Libros en casa (BOOK)

Recursos educacionales

domésticos (HEDRES)

Posesiones culturales en

casa (CULPOS)

Bienestar familiar

(WEALTH)

Amigos/Iguales

Persona cercana

trabajo/estudio CTM

Padres

Influencia admitida

Nivel profesional

padre (BFMJ)

Nivel profesional

madre (BMMJ)

Nivel eucacional

padre (FISCED)

Nivel eucacional

madre (MISCED)

Nivel académico más alto padres

(PARED)

INivel profesional

más alto padres (HISEI)

IPercepción

imagen asignada

Recomendación / Presión

entorno cercano

Entorno social

Estereotipos de éxito

social CTM

Percepción forma de vida

CTM

Percepción esfuerzo

carrera CTM

Percepción prestigio

profesiones CTM

Percepción nivel socio-económico alcanzable

CTM

Percepción utilidad social

de las profesiones

CTM

Estereotipos profesionales con carreras

CTM

Percepción social de la

ciencia

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Percepciones del impacto de la ciencia en la sociedad

Interests, STEM achievement expectations, auto-efficacy, etc.

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Vocational choice: some potential decision elements

Family

Vocational Choice

Input Input

Input Input

Input

Input

Input

Input

Input

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Vocational choice: some potential decision elements

Vocational Choice

Family

Parental influence on the choice (admitted)

STEM reference at home: parents,

Cultural and socioeconomic status

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+ 2.000 students 36 schools

Randomly selected respecting two criteria:

Socioeconomic level of the district

Out of

Ownership of the school

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Our experiment: two groups

Vocational Choice

Q1 Q2 Q3

+ 1.000 students

Q1 Q2 Q3

+ 1.000 students

Science workshop

Proximity talk with scientist

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Input Input

Input Input

Input

Input

Input

Input

Input

Input

Vocational Choice

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Input Input

Input

Input

Input

Family

Vocational choice:

STEM teachers

Social

Self-perception

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Vocational Choice

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Vocational choice:

STEM teachers Family Social Self-

perception ?

Vocational Choice

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STEM outreach activities?

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Expected Outputs

in the propensity for choosing STEM Impact will be assessed through the variation in the propensity for choosing STEM, taking into account the initial and final propensity.

2 Impact assessment tool for STEM outreach activities

Impact assessment of the STEM workshops and talks with scientists developed during this study.

Our first goal is to define an equation capable measuring propensity for choosing STEM studies in the future. This may help to adapt the contents of activities.

1 Characterisation of students

3 Results of the specific STEM outreach activities in this study

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