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Public Views on the Gendering of Mathematics and Related Careers: International Comparisons
Forgasz, Helen; Leder, Gilah; Tan, Hazel
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v87 n3 p369-388 Nov 2014
Mathematics continues to be an enabling discipline for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-based university studies and related careers. Explanatory models for females' underrepresentation in higher level mathematics and STEM-based courses comprise learner-related and environmental variables--including societal beliefs. Using Facebook to recruit participants, we explored if mathematics, science, and computing continue to be viewed as male domains. Responses were received from 784 people in 81 countries. As well as looking at the views of the world at large, responses from nine countries with at least 30 respondents--Canada, China, Egypt, India, Israel, Singapore, UAE, UK, and Australia--were examined in more detail. The results indicated that among those who held gender-stereotyped views (and many did not), mathematics, science, and computing were considered more suitable for males than for females.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, STEM Education, Females, Womens Education, Disproportionate Representation, Predictor Variables, Public Opinion, Sex Stereotypes
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Canada; China; Egypt; India; Israel; Singapore; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom
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