FIRST High-School Students and FIRST Graduates: STEM Exposure and Career Choices

Yoel, Shahaf Rocker; Dori, Yehudit Judy

doi:10.1109/te.2021.3104268

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“…Their results showed that students are generally more likely to choose STEM subjects if they believe they will benefit materially. Yoel and Dori (2022) studied the effects of a STEM activity program called FIRST in their study. They wanted to determine if the program they implemented increased high school students' STEM career choices and engagement and what factors influenced their choice.…”

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“…Since the advent of STEM education, research has stressed the importance of preparing students to choose a career in STEM fields and encouraging them in one of the related areas. A student's interest in STEM fields and career opportunities play a significant role in STEM persistence beyond future achievements (Maltese & Tai, 2011;Morgan et al, 2022;Sasson, 2021;Yoel & Dori, 2022). However, to our knowledge, only a study focused on the career choice studies of learners and STEM.…”

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Learners’ career choices in STEM education: A review of empirical studies

Shulga

Zaripova

Sakhieva

et al. 2023

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed

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The purpose of this study was to systematically review articles on the career choices of learners and STEM. The first goal was to classify research on career choice and STEM to identify trends and gaps in the literature. The second goal was to summarize the findings related to learners’ career choices at STEM and interpret them according to what has been reported in the literature. In this study, the PRISMA method was used to review articles in the educational literature STEM. Sixty-seven articles published in indexed journals in SCOPUS that met the specified criteria were analyzed systematically. The results showed that 51 of 67 articles were involved in the analysis to review by researchers. The results also showed that the earliest article that addressed career choice and STEM was published in 2011, and most of the articles studied were published after 2017. The results also showed that most articles on career choice in STEM were conducted in the United States, Israel, and Spain. The preferred sample groups in research on career choice in STEM fields are mostly high school and undergraduate students. In addition, the studies were broadly classified into five categories, including the effects of STEM activities and the effects on teachers, the effects of some variables on learners’ career choices, the study of learners’ career choices, and parental attitudes. Based on the results obtained from this research, implications are made for future research.

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Learners’ career choices in STEM education: A review of empirical studies

Shulga

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Sakhieva

et al. 2023

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed

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“…& Mortimer, 2002). In recent studies, family support and the characteristics of the family (Auyeung, & Sands, 1997;Sasson, 2021;Rocker-Yoel, & Dori, 2022), the advices of the teacher and others (Gomez et al, 2021;Siddiky, & Akter, 2021), job popularity (Lascano, 2021;Papathanassis, 2021), job opportunities (Abonyi et al, 2021;Bölükbaş, 2018;Nalbantoğlu-Yılmaz, 2017;Phan, & Bae, 2021), economic problems (Morales & Jacobson, 2020), and media effect (Saleem et al, 2014) were discussed regarding their impact on career choice. These studies showed that to understand the career choices, not only the individual but also the the environment and context should be considered.…”

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“…The strength of this approach is that it forces participants to make comparisons from the most important factor to the least important and in this way, it increases the validity of this method (Guilford, 1954). Pryor and Bright's (2011) Chaos Theory and related literature (e.g., Ackerman, & Beier, 2003;Bölükbaş, 2018;Bright et al, 2005aBright et al, , 2005bGomez et al, 2021;Morales, & Jacobson, 2020;Nalbantoğlu-Yılmaz, 2017;Nyamwange, 2016;Saleem et al, 2014;Sarıkaya, & Khorshid, 2009;Sasson, 2021;Rocker-Yoel, & Dori, 2022) were used to compose the form. Accordingly, the form consists of the following ten factors: 1) Family demand, 2) Friends' opinion, 3) Teacher / counsellor' assistance, 4) Chance / unplanned conditions, 5) Interest / ability congruence, 6) Prestige 7) Job opportunity, 8) Entrance exam performance, 9) Economic conditions, 10) Media effect (e.g., social media, internet).…”

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Chance in Career Choice: A Rank-Ordering Study

Görgülü

Bozgeyikli

2022

OPUS Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi

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This study attempts to investigate the position of chance among the factors affecting the career choices of university students according to gender and willingness. For this purpose, the present study based on rank-order judgments of participants was conducted. In present study, the participants (N = 417) ranked the given ten factors in terms of their perceived impact on university department choices. Further, the participants were asked to describe the chance events they experienced related to career choice. The results showed that 28% of the participants stated that chance plays a role in their career choice. Among the factors affecting career choices, chance ranked seventh in the total sample, sixth in females, eighth in males, eighth in those who chose the department willingly, and third in those chose the department unwillingly by the degree of perceived influence. Overall, these results indicate that chance events were prioritized over others such as family demands, friend opinions and media effect. The findings were discussed and implications for career counselling were presented.

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“…Over the years, students fill different roles in the program, including becoming mentors to younger teams. About half of the participants mentor younger students while they are still mentees or after they graduate (Rocker Yoel & Dori, 2021; http://www.firstinspires.org). The FIRST teams are guided by mentors, most of whom are volunteer engineers from the industry.…”

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Interpersonal skills and STEM career choice of three types of FIRST mentors

Yoel

Dori

2023

J of Engineering Edu

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BackgroundFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) robotics is an international, extra‐curricular program that fosters young students' interpersonal skills and career choices in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). FIRST teams are guided by mentors, about half of whom are also mentees.PurposeTo describe and characterize FIRST mentors and their perceptions of their own interpersonal skills and STEM career choice and identify differences by mentor types and gender.MethodThe study participants included 261 FIRST mentors. A convergent mixed‐methods approach was used. Data was collected quantitatively via questionnaires and qualitatively via interviews. The analysis was guided by the social cognitive career theory (SCCT).ResultsFourteen categories were identified to describe and characterize the FIRST mentors. Nine were based on SCCT and five were new: influence of friends, interpersonal skill, personal contribution, challenges, and mentor‐as‐educator. Differences were found between three types of FIRST mentors: non‐FIRST mentors, graduate mentors, and mentee mentors. The correlations between factors and categories indicated that the mentors' perceptions were consistent with those of the mentees. The FIRST program impacted the STEM career choice of men more than women, and external motivation influenced women more than men.ConclusionsThe FIRST program contributes to developing its graduates' interpersonal skills and affects their STEM career choice. The study provides insights into mentors' influence on mentees' career choices, from which both genders benefit. Making FIRST available in schools as a widespread enrichment program is expected to foster students' STEM career choices, thereby contributing to the human resource reservoir of the high‐tech industry workforce.

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FIRST High-School Students and FIRST Graduates: STEM Exposure and Career Choices

Cited by 23 publications

References 41 publications

Learners’ career choices in STEM education: A review of empirical studies

Learners’ career choices in STEM education: A review of empirical studies

Chance in Career Choice: A Rank-Ordering Study

Interpersonal skills and STEM career choice of three types of FIRST mentors

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