Parental Egalitarian Attitudes towards Gender Roles Affect Agreement on Girls Taking STEM Fields at University in Japan

Autor/inn/en	Ikkatai, Yuko; Inoue, Atsushi; Kano, Kei; Minamizaki, Azusa; McKay, Euan; Yokoyama, Hiromi M.
Titel	Parental Egalitarian Attitudes towards Gender Roles Affect Agreement on Girls Taking STEM Fields at University in Japan
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 41 (2019) 16, S.2254-2270 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Inoue, Atsushi) ORCID (McKay, Euan) ORCID (Yokoyama, Hiromi M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
DOI	10.1080/09500693.2019.1671635
Schlagwörter	Parent Attitudes; Sex Role; Females; STEM Education; Parent Influence; Foreign Countries; Sex Stereotypes; Science Careers; Employment Potential; Sex Fairness; Career Choice; College Graduates; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Educational Attainment; Parent Background; Participation; Freedom; Engineering; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternverhalten; Geschlechterrolle; Weibliches Geschlecht; STEM; Ausland; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Sexualaufklärung; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Teilnahme; Freiheit; Maschinenbau
Abstract	Women are still in the minority in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields in many countries, including Japan. Parental gender role attitudes are a potential influence on whether high school girls choose STEM fields and which fields they choose. However, this has not yet been closely examined in the Japanese context. We used an online questionnaire to investigate whether parental agreement regarding girls' choice of STEM fields was affected by stereotypical parental gender role attitudes. We found that Japanese parents with egalitarian gender role attitudes generally agreed with girls' freedom to choose their field of study (not just limited to STEM fields). Parents that agreed thought that girls could find employment across all fields. However, parents that disagreed expressed a variety of reasons, including negative perceptions of STEM fields such as lack of employment opportunities (biology, mathematics, physics and information science) and unsuitability for women (engineering). These results suggest that improving such field-specific negative perceptions may contribute to increase parental support for girls' choice of STEM fields. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01