Does the public communication of science influence scientific vocation? Results of a national survey

Stekolschik, Gabriel; Draghi, Cecilia; Adaszko, Dan; Gallardo, Susana

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“…Por un lado, la forma en que se está enseñando el saber científico y tecnológico, muy vinculado a un modelo de enseñanza predominante en la etapa de enseñanza obligatoria, dependiente de estrategias metodológicas expositivas y poco centrada en la promoción de la actividad investigadora del alumnado (FURTAK et al, 2012;CONTRERAS, 2016;MEDEIROS et al, 2016), lo cual reduce las experiencias de disfrute en el aprendizaje (OSBORNE, SIMON & COLLINS, 2003;KRAPP & PRENZEL, 2011). Por otro lado, el escaso calado social y la poca repercusión que tiene el oficio del científico, que frustra el reconocimiento de los resultados que se van produciendo (STEKOLSCHIK et al, 2010), asociado a la aún escasa divulgación que se hace de la ciencia y del conocimiento (PLAZA, 2015; KO, 2016), a pesar de los esfuerzos y nuevas fórmulas ( ANGLADA & ABADAL, 2018;BORGES;PIRES;DELGADO, 2018). Pero previo, hemos de considerar el impacto que tiene el imaginario social colectivo de la ciencia como profesión, y especialmente el que mantienen los jóvenes, que puede incidir en su decisión vocacional (ARCHER et al, 2012;DEWITT & ARCHER, 2015) superponiéndose en ocasiones éstas percepciones globales con sus autopercepciones de competencia (BANDURA et al, 2001;JANSEN, SCHERER, & SCHROEDERS, 2015), e incluso con las percepciones del interés que se gesta por la ciencia en su entorno familiar (TASKINEN; DIETRICH; KRACKE, 2015).…”

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El Interés Por El Conocimiento Científico De Los Estudiantes De Secundaria en España

2019

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RESUMEN: Se explora el interés de los jóvenes por el conocimiento científico-tecnológico desde tres ámbitos: la tradición familiar, los factores académicos, y el imaginario social de la profesión. A continuación se presentan los resultados de un estudio descriptivo-correlacional en el que se ha utilizado como instrumento un cuestionario para conocer los determinantes de la elección vocacional de una muestra de estudiantes de último curso de secundaria. Los resultados indican que la tradición familiar no determina ni la elección ni una visión positiva y realista de la profesión; mientras que sí es relevante la motivación del profesorado, el uso de metodologías innovadoras y el conocimiento de aspectos sociolaborales. Se concluye con la necesidad de reforzar la formación del profesorado en aspectos metodológicos y mejorar la repercusión y el valor social de la ciencia.

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El Interés Por El Conocimiento Científico De Los Estudiantes De Secundaria en España

2019

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“…With respect to the former, access to healthcare is extremely uneven, healthcare standards are neither uniformly defined nor universally applied, researchers struggle for enough funding to be internationally competitive, basic research has no explicit domestic boundary-setting regulation, and the boundaries between clinical practice and research, and between established therapies and experimental therapies are unclear [4]. With respect to challenges somewhat more unique for an emerging country, Argentina experiences significant medical tourism, and conducts high levels of medical research, which might come as little surprise given the strong bioscientific heritage enjoyed by Argentina and the generalised esteem to which scientists are held there [36,60]. Indeed, Argentina aspires to make biomedical research a pillar of sustainable development [18,24].…”

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Regulating in developing countries: Multiple roles for medical research and products regulation in Argentina and India

Harmon

Kale

2015

Technology in Society

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a b s t r a c tThis paper engages with the complex relationship between innovation and human health and the role of regulation in bringing the two together, and, in doing so, facilitating inclusive innovation in emerging economies. After outlining the contested role of regulation, we provide two case studies: regenerative medicine regulation in Argentina, and medical devices regulation in India. While these empirically-based case studies examine different scientific sectors in different jurisdictions and therefore have different contextual foundations, they demonstrate the important link between regulatory policies and the successful promotion of innovation. Through them we challenge the oft-repeated complaint that regulation stifles innovation, demonstrating that both a lack of regulation (Argentina) and poorly conceived regulation (India) are equally damaging to innovation, to actor wellbeing, and, ultimately, to human health. We argue that devising new forms of regulation can facilitate increased innovation and thus improved technological (and economic) competitiveness (ie: social/regulatory innovation can lead to improved technological/scientific innovation).

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“…These "pre-ideational" activities are influenced by a number of factors: "including the images held of the personalities of people employed in occupations, the activities they do at work, the lives they lead, the rewards and conditions of their work, and perceptions of the relative appropriateness of different occupational work for various types of people" ( Junk and Armstrong, 2010, p. 580). Vocational pre-ideation is influenced by many factors which are external to the individual, and include: parental influences (Wiese and Freund, 2011); educational institutions; part-time work; relationships with peers; media portrayals ( Jablin and Putnam, 2001;Myers et al, 2011;Jablin, 2001); country of origin; personality; labour market conditions (Super, 1990); family (Morgan and Foster, 1999;Schulenberg et al, 1984;Thompson and Miller-Perrin, 2008); engagement in occupational contexts (Levine and Hoffner, 2006); the influence of individual teachers (Stekolschik et al, 2010); societally constructed gender expectations (Schoon and Polek, 2011;Rudman and Phelan, 2010), and; class (Huppatz, 2010).…”

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Vocational ideation and management career development

Cullen

2013

Journal of Management Development

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Purpose-The concept of "career" has become the dominant mode of thinking about the "lifespan" of one's working life in contemporary late capitalist society. The research literature on the concept of "vocation" and/or "calling" has grown in recent years, but has not yet received extensive treatment in the area of management career development. The purpose of this paper is to address this lacuna by outlining and describing the practice of vocational ideation (or considering one's work as calling, as opposed to a career or a job) in relation to its potential utilization in contemporary management and career development. Design/methodology/approach-The paper is essentially conceptual and is informed by an extensive review of research literature and theory which examines how the concept of the "calling" has been integrated with learning, educational and developmental activities. Findings-The paper discusses the implications of the return to the concept of "vocation" in HR and Management Development theory and demonstrates why "calling" is a small but significant nuance which can change the way in which managers engage with career development practices. The literature on introducing the concept of vocational ideation to career development activities has grown in research years. However, the literature review found that this body of work tends to focus on pre-experience college students, which indicates that it has not often been considered as a viable avenue for management development practice or research. Research limitations/implications-As the paper is purely conceptual, and most of the literature in this field tends to focus on pre-experience students, potential implications for practice and avenues for future research are outlined. One of the two main categories of research need which emerged from the conceptual work described in this paper in relation to vocationally oriented career ideation was concerned with developing an understanding the dynamics of introducing the concept of vocational calling into management career development interventions. Practical implications-A template for "doing" for vocational ideation in a management career development or management development context was offered. This outline may be altered to assist management development practitioners to develop and augment vocational ideation initiatives as part of their work and professional practice. Social implications-Another area of research need emerging from this work was concerned with understanding changing perspectives on non-economic aspects of work as a social practice, the impact of culture on how vocations are understood, and the relationship between spirituality and meaningfulness and career behavior. In summary there appears to be a need for more studies which demonstrate how changed understandings of the vocation is reflective of broader social change. Originality/value-The concept of vocational ideation is original and does not exist as a concept or a practice in the professional or research literature. It is discussed here i...

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Does the public communication of science influence scientific vocation? Results of a national survey

Cited by 13 publications

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El Interés Por El Conocimiento Científico De Los Estudiantes De Secundaria en España

El Interés Por El Conocimiento Científico De Los Estudiantes De Secundaria en España

Regulating in developing countries: Multiple roles for medical research and products regulation in Argentina and India

Vocational ideation and management career development

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