Exploring Children's Perceptions of Scientists Through Drawings and Interviews

Samaras, Giannis; Bonoti, Fotini; Christidou, Vasilia

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.05.337

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“…Recent studies using DAST investigated students' perception of scientists in different countries and cultures throughout several continents [16][17][18][19][20][21]. Almost all studies confirmed that students have a stereotypical view of scientists where scientists are mainly represented as white males wearing lab coats, eyeglasses, with facial hair, and an eccentric appearance [8,15,16,[22][23][24].…”

Section: Students' Perceptions Of Scientistsmentioning

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Perceptions of Scientists and Stereotypes through the Eyes of Young School Children

Thomson

Zakaria

Răduț-Taciu

2019

Education Research International

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The goal of the current study was to investigate children’s representations of scientists using the Draw-a-Scientist Test (DAST). Participants (n=210) were young school children from Romania enrolled in both rural and urban public schools from grade levels 3, 4, and 5. The study findings showed that most children represented stereotypical characteristics of scientists in their drawings such as white male wearing lab coats using instruments that reflected a chemistry lab. Results also indicated statistically significant differences in the score of stereotyping indicators with respect to student grade level. Additionally, students who visited science museums scored significantly higher in stereotyping indicators than students who indicated on their survey answers that they have not visited science museums. Findings are discussed in relationship with students’ views about scientists and their understanding of science.

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Section: Students' Perceptions Of Scientistsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions of Scientists and Stereotypes through the Eyes of Young School Children

Thomson

Zakaria

Răduț-Taciu

2019

Education Research International

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“…On the other hand, there is a decline in the pursuit of science careers internationally (Jarvis, et al, 2003;Dewitt et al, 2012). Previous studies reported school students´ attitudes and perception towards science, images of scientists respectively in UK, Korea, Hong Kong, Turkey, Portugal, Israel, Brazil, Greece, US (Newton & Newton, 1992;Matthews, 1996;Choi & Cho, 2002;Fung, 2002;Buldu, 2006;Ozgelen, 2017;Reis et al, 2006;Konflanz & Scheid, 2011;Samaras, 2012;Price, 2017) Other studies referred to pre-service teachers´ perception of science and scientists in Israel ( Rubin et al, 2003;Koren & Bar, 2009). The goal of the present investigation is to study by means of a questionnaire and a drawing, how primary and secondary school pupils perceive science and what scientists do during their workings hours.…”

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Brazilian Primary and Secondary School Pupils´ Perception of Science and Scientists

Bartoszeck¹,

Bartoszeck²

2017

EUROPEAN J ED RES

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Abstract:The purpose of this study is to understand in an exploratory way pupils´ perception of science and the image of scientists at primary and secondary school levels. Data was collected by means of a survey questionnaire and a drawing representing pupils´ depiction what scientists do during their working hours. A questionnaire anchored on a Likert scale was filled by 204 primary and 229 secondary school children. Pupils from this sample considered science classes enjoyable, helped to understand issues covered by media, that science is a body of knowledge whose goal is to make life more comfortable to people. A total of 433 drawings were collected at 3 urban and 1 rural schools. Drawings illustrated scientists in scientific activity, mainly working alone, wearing lab coat and eyeglasses. Scientific specialization included chemists, biologists and a few technologist and astronomers. Educational implications are discussed.

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“…It has been suggested that the use of drawings 'speaks a thousand words' and engenders a deeper understanding of , including social and cultural structures and processes (Pink, 2007;Rose, 2012), as, for example, a clinical learning environment. Drawings have also been found helpful in establishing whether stereotypical views exist (Mead and Metreaux,1957;Samaras, Bonoti and Christidou, 2012). Visual methods have been used successfully to record clinical learning by: Spouse (2003), when student nurses drew images of their experiences during the programme; Devine-Wright et al (2009), who used drawings to generate focus-group discussion about participants' understanding of electricity; Guillemin (2004), when exploring women's perceptions of heart disease.…”

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Student and Lecturer Partnership: Using visual research to change and address a practice problem

Ridgway

Cooper

Parkes

2017

EIPC

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This case study provides a narrative of a student and lecturer partnership during a research project. The project emerged owing to a practice problem: student nurses did not value placements in nursing home environments. The research set out to explore undergraduate student nurses’ perceptions of nursing-home placements, using an innovative research method - visual research methods (the use of drawings and photo elicitation). A third-year undergraduate student was recruited to work in partnership with two university lecturers as a co-researcher. The paper outlines and reflects on the student’s journey as a novice researcher in designing, collecting and analysing data, then in formulating results and conclusions and, finally, in making a presentation at an international conference. Lecturer narratives will reflect on the personal journey of working with a student as a partner, subsequent learning and the evaluation of the project. The paper concludes with recommendations for future practice.

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Exploring Children's Perceptions of Scientists Through Drawings and Interviews

Cited by 44 publications

References 18 publications

Perceptions of Scientists and Stereotypes through the Eyes of Young School Children

Perceptions of Scientists and Stereotypes through the Eyes of Young School Children

Brazilian Primary and Secondary School Pupils´ Perception of Science and Scientists

Student and Lecturer Partnership: Using visual research to change and address a practice problem

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