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Vanessa Crump – Discover Education, 2024
This study sought to determine what undergraduate science students envision when asked to picture a scientist at work. Stereotypical understandings of who becomes a scientist and what the work involves may deter young people from STEM careers. The Draw-A-Scientist Test (DAST) and variations have been used over 40 years to explore student…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Cognitive Tests, Personality Measures, Projective Measures
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Sheffield, Rachel; Blackley, Susan; Bennett, Dawn – Issues in Educational Research, 2020
Attrition of up to thirty per cent in the initial years of a teaching career has led to a high level of disillusionment in teaching as a desirable and rewarding profession. Although many nations have responded with substantial investments in pre-service teacher education, these efforts have failed to dissuade newly qualified teachers from leaving…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Student Attitudes, Self Concept