Gender Contentedness in Aspirations to Become Engineers or Medical Doctors

Autor/inn/en	Koul, Ravinder; Lerdpornkulrat, Thanita; Poondej, Chanut
Titel	Gender Contentedness in Aspirations to Become Engineers or Medical Doctors
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 42 (2017) 6, S.1422-1438 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Koul, Ravinder) ORCID (Lerdpornkulrat, Thanita) ORCID (Poondej, Chanut)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
DOI	10.1080/03043797.2017.1303450
Schlagwörter	Engineering; Engineering Education; STEM Education; Occupational Aspiration; Gender Differences; Physics; Self Concept; Females; Correlation; Physicians; Mathematical Aptitude; High School Students; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Student Surveys; Regression (Statistics); Factor Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Maschinenbau; Ingenieurausbildung; STEM; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Geschlechterkonflikt; Physik; Selbstkonzept; Weibliches Geschlecht; Korrelation; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Schülerbefragung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Faktorenanalyse; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Medical doctor and engineer are highly esteemed STEM professions. This study investigates academic and motivational characteristics of a sample of high school students in Thailand who aspire to become medical doctors or engineers. We used logistic regression to compare maths performance, gender typicality, gender contentedness, and maths and physics self-concepts among students with aspirations for these two professions. We found that high levels of felt gender contentedness in men had positive association with aspirations for engineering irrespective of the levels of maths or physics self-concept. We found that high levels of felt gender contentedness combined with high levels of maths or physics self-concept in women had positive associations with aspirations to become a medical doctor. These findings are evidence that student views of self are associated with uneven gendered patterns in career aspirations and have implications for the potential for future participation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01