Latina Undergraduate Students in STEM: The Role of Religious Beliefs and STEM Identity

Rodriguez, Sarah L.; Friedensen, Rachel E.; Marron, Tara; Bartlett, Morgan

doi:10.1080/2194587x.2018.1559198

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“…In particular, culturally relevant ideas such as marianismo , which portrays Latina women as family oriented, passive, and vulnerable (e.g., Raffaelli & Ontai, 2004), as well as ideas like familismo and the “good daughter” dilemma, which pits familial and cultural norms against educational and career success (Espinoza, 2010), can distinctly influence identity and belonging experiences in STEM (e.g., Rodriguez, Doran, et al, 2019). Further, scholars have identified factors that create identity conflicts for Latina students in STEM (e.g., Rodriguez, Marron, Friedensen, & Bartlett, 2019), and how identity conflicts uniquely shape the STEM degree intentions of Latina students (Brown, 2008; Trenor et al, 2008). For example, Latina students may worry about their STEM career choices further distancing them from traditional women’s gender roles (e.g., Brown, 2008), particularly within the context of Latinx familismo (e.g., Trenor et al, 2008).…”

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“We’re the unicorns in STEM”: Understanding how academic and social experiences influence sense of belonging for Latina undergraduate students.

Rodriguez

Blaney

2021

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

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Framed by Strayhorn's (2012) model of sense of belonging, this study examined the influence of academic and social collegiate experiences on the sense of belonging of undergraduate Latina students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. "Sense of belonging" refers to a feeling of mattering or being connected and can be seen as a reflection of the supports that exist within a given context. This study used a qualitative, phenomenological approach to understand the lived experiences of 17 undergraduate Latina students majoring in STEM disciplines at a tier-one predominantly white public research university in the southwest. We found that Latina students often felt marginalized within their STEM environments, faced skepticism and self-doubt inflicted by their male peers, and were forced to navigate feelings of isolation during their college journeys. To build a sense of belonging, students actively resisted marginalization by reframing their experiences as trailblazing and engaging with identity-based STEM organizations. Implications for improving institutional practice and policy are discussed.

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“We’re the unicorns in STEM”: Understanding how academic and social experiences influence sense of belonging for Latina undergraduate students.

Rodriguez

Blaney

2021

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

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“…The application of STEM by using religious and ethnics learning resources is expected to increase knowledge in the context of science that maintains culture and religion. Religious science has an important part in shaping the STEM identity which these two aspects reinforce each other [16]. STEM identity needs to be developed based on the difference between students' religious beliefs and their learning concepts in the classroom [16].…”

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“…Religious science has an important part in shaping the STEM identity which these two aspects reinforce each other [16]. STEM identity needs to be developed based on the difference between students' religious beliefs and their learning concepts in the classroom [16]. Students who have confidence given learning about the relationship of religion and culture tend to have a higher interest in STEM than nonreligious groups [17].…”

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“…These problems led to improvement of the quality of education solutions with how to integrate cultural and religious sciences to the natural sciences that students learn [15]. The role of religious science in shaping morals and ethics is part of streghtening science in forming STEM identities [16,17]. However, educators often feel confused about the scope of what must be known in implementing religious and cultural knowledge in learning.…”

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The urgency of religious and cultural science in STEM education: A meta data analysis

Sumarni

Faizah

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IJERE

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The 21st century education engages students to have higher order thinking and scientific literacy skills. However, these abilities in Indonsia are still relatively low, especially student’s scientific literacy skills. One solution to the problem of low scientific literacy skills in Indonesia is the application of STEM education. However, as technology advances pursued in STEM education, religious and cultural sciences increasingly separate themselves from science. Cultural science is rarely implemented in learning so that many students do not know their own culture. The contra between science and religion also makes students’s perception of religion and science are two independent knowledge and cannot be united. Through literature studies that have been carried out from various journal article search sites, this article discusses how important religious and cultural sciences are to be implemented into STEM education. The relationship between religion and science, culture and science, culture and religion and the urgency of religion and culture in STEM education are also discussed in this article. The results of this study propose solutions so that science education can be implemented with RE-STEM learning to overcome the gap between religion, culture and science. So, that students will have a more balanced knowledge in religion, ethnoscience and science from RE-STEM integration.

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“…The STEM motivations of students enrolled in religiously oriented educational institutions were significantly low. Given that religion and science may have a contentious relationship in both popular discourse and personal opinion, religious affiliation may potentially have a negative impact on students' STEM motivations (Rodriguez et al, 2019).…”

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Determining Lower-Secondary Students’ Stem Motivation: A Profile From Turkey

Dönmez

İdin

Gürbüz

2022

JBSE

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The ongoing motivation of students toward the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is a process related to their orientation toward those fields and their active participation in related activities. This study aimed to examine the ongoing STEM motivations of lower-secondary school students in a sample from Turkey according to demographic variables. In this study, in which 1926 students from 12 provinces participated, the students’ STEM motivations were compared according to the variables of gender, place of residence, grade level, school type, “mothers’ and fathers’ education level, and family income level. T-tests and ANOVA testing were used in the analysis process via SPSS package program. As a result, male students’ STEM motivations were found to be at higher levels than those of female students. The STEM motivations of gifted students were found to be higher than those of students studying in religiously oriented education institutions. The results also revealed that STEM motivation is directly proportional to the education level of the parents. The results obtained in this study, reflecting the general profile of STEM motivation among students in Turkey, may guide education policy makers, program developers, teachers, prospective teachers, and researchers on STEM education. Keywords: lower-secondary school students, quantitative research, STEM, STEM motivation

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Latina Undergraduate Students in STEM: The Role of Religious Beliefs and STEM Identity

Cited by 14 publications

References 44 publications

“We’re the unicorns in STEM”: Understanding how academic and social experiences influence sense of belonging for Latina undergraduate students.

“We’re the unicorns in STEM”: Understanding how academic and social experiences influence sense of belonging for Latina undergraduate students.

The urgency of religious and cultural science in STEM education: A meta data analysis

Determining Lower-Secondary Students’ Stem Motivation: A Profile From Turkey

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