Draw‐A‐Scientist Test: Future Implications

Mason, Cheryl L.; Kahle, Jane Butler; Gardner, April L.

doi:10.1111/j.1949-8594.1991.tb12078.x

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“…Draw-a-Scientist (DAS) (Mason, Kahle, & Gardner, 1991) and, more recently, Draw-an-Engineer (DAE) (Knight & Cunningham, 2004) instruments are commonly used to identify students' perceptions of scientists and engineers, respectively. DAS and DAE require students to draw a scientist or engineer at work, and often ask the students to describe what they have drawn.…”

Section: K-12 Student Perceptions Of Scientists and Engineersmentioning

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Effect of an Engineering Camp on Students’ Perceptions of Engineering and Technology

Hammack¹,

Ivey²,

Utley³

et al. 2015

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

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Students' knowledge about a profession influences their future decisions about careers. Research indicates that students tend to hold stereotypical views of engineers, which would hinder engineering as a career choice. The purpose of this study was to measure how participating in a week long engineering summer camp affected middle school students' (N519) attitudes towards engineering and their conceptions of engineering and technology. Results indicate that participation in the programs had a positive impact on the students' understandings of what technology is and the work engineers do. Although the results indicate a positive impact on participants, it is not clear which components of the camp contributed to this change. The partnership between practicing middle school teachers and engineering faculty was important to the success of the camp, revealing the benefits of collaborative efforts between K-12 educators and engineering professionals.

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Section: K-12 Student Perceptions Of Scientists and Engineersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of an Engineering Camp on Students’ Perceptions of Engineering and Technology

Hammack¹,

Ivey²,

Utley³

et al. 2015

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

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“…I used the Preliminary Quantitative Design (quant→QUAL) followed by in-depth qualitative interviews (Morgan, 2013) and Draw-A-Teacher Test (DATT) with teachers. Draw-A-Teacher Test is adapted from Draw-A-Scientist Test (DAST) (Mason, Kahle, & Gardner, 1991 In the next chapter, I look at the research literature on teacher identity and its formation. To understand Chinese language teachers' teaching identity formation, it is essential to analyze and synthesize these prior studies.…”

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“…Themes of DATT data were identified and confirmed. In addition, because the DAST is scored based on several categories, including physical characteristics, facial expression, gender (of the scientist), signs or equipment included in the drawing, and context (Ozel, 2012), I also adapted the rubric of Draw-A-Scientist Test (DAST) (Mason et al,1991) to group all the symbols and signs in the drawing into different categories. Timeline.…”

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Survive or Thrive: A Mixed Method Study of Visiting Chinese Language Teachers' Identity Formation in the U.S. Classrooms

Li¹

2000

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“…Moreover, She (1998) recommends that the stereotype image of scientist needs to be revised in a way to be a more realistic scientist image. Thus there have been several studies (Leblebicioğlu, Metin, Yardımcı and Çetin 2011;Mason, Kahle and Gardner, 1991) in the literature to change the stereotypical image of scientist among students.…”

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The Origins of Perceptions regarding Gender of Scientist among Secondary School Students

Karaçam¹

2017

HUJE

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ABSTRACT:The purpose of this study is to investigate the origins of secondary school students' perceptions of gender of scientist. For this purpose, phenomenology, one of the qualitative research techniques, was used in this study. Totally 592 students from five secondary schools in the central of Düzce participated in this study in 2014-2015 academic years. To determine students' perceptions of gender of scientist, a questionnaire consisting of openended questions and a semi-structured interview were developed. Although the questionnaire was administered to all students, the interviews were conducted with 120 students selected randomly. The data obtained through data collection techniques were combined and encoded by two researchers participating in the research process. The results of the study indicated that students' cultural background, scientist figures presented in printed and visual media and the use of the terms "Man of Science" or "Scientist" to identify people specialized in science affected students' perceptions of gender of scientists. According to cultural background, while some students adopting traditional/ patriarchal culture identified scientist as a male based on male gender linked stereotypes or as a female based on female gender linked stereotypes, others adopting modern/western culture and protesting gender linked stereotypes thought scientist as a male and female. Keywords: Scientist image, male scientist, career choice ÖZ: Bu çalışmanın amacı ortaokul öğrencilerinin bilim insanının cinsiyetine yönelik algılarının kökenlerini incelemektir. Araştırmaya Düzce merkez ilçede bulunan beş ortaokulda 2014-2015 öğretim yılında öğrenim gören 592 öğrenci katılmıştır. Araştırmada öğrencilerin bilim insanının cinsiyetine yönelik algılarını belirlemek için açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan bir anket uygulanmış ve yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme yapılmıştır. Anket tüm öğrencilere uygulanmasına karşın, yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme rastgele seçilen 120 öğrenciyle yapılmıştır. Veri toplama araçlarından elde edilen veriler birleştirilmiş ve iki alan uzmanı tarafından kodlanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda öğrencilerin kültürel alt yapılarının, yazılı ve görsel medyada sunulan bilim insanı figürlerinin ve toplumda bilim alanındaki uzmanları tanımlamak için "bilim adamı" kavramının kullanılmasının öğrencilerin bilim insanının cinsiyetine yönelik algılarının etkilediği bulunmuştur. Öğrencilerin kültürel alt yapılarındaki farklılık nedeniyle, bilim insanının cinsiyetine ilişkin farklı fikirler ileri sürmüşlerdir. Geleneksel kültüre sahip öğrencilerin toplumdaki basmakalıp (maskülin) erkek imgesi temelinde bilim insanının erkek olabileceğini ileri sürmüşlerdir. Toplumdaki basmakalıp bayan imgesi temelinde bilim insanını bayan olarak tanımlarken ise, toplumdaki basmakalıp erkek ve bayan imgelerini reddetmişlerdir. Ayrıca modern/batı kültürünü benimseyen öğrenciler ise bilim insanının bayan veya erkek olabileceğini ileri sürmüşlerdir. Anahtar Kavramlar: Bilim insanı imgesi, bilim insanı, kariyer seçimi

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Draw‐A‐Scientist Test: Future Implications

Cited by 150 publications

References 14 publications

Effect of an Engineering Camp on Students’ Perceptions of Engineering and Technology

Effect of an Engineering Camp on Students’ Perceptions of Engineering and Technology

Survive or Thrive: A Mixed Method Study of Visiting Chinese Language Teachers' Identity Formation in the U.S. Classrooms

The Origins of Perceptions regarding Gender of Scientist among Secondary School Students

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