The impact of human spaceflight on young people's attitudes to STEM subjects
The impact of human spaceflight on young people's attitudes to STEM subjects
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载人航天对年轻人对 STEM 科目态度的影响
DOI：
10.1080/02635143.2019.1642865
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Bennett J
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作者：
Bennett J
背景资料：这项工作的一部分，在英国进行的研究时，Principia任务，其中英国宇航员，蒂姆Peake，去了国际空间站。目的：本文介绍了一个在线仪器的开发和使用，以测量年轻人的态度STEM科目和载人航天。样本：555名小学生和796名中学生完成了所有三个调查。学生年龄分别为9岁和12岁的第一个数据收集point.Design和方法：这项研究作为一个整体是一个为期三年的，混合方法的研究相结合的大规模调查的态度，干科目和人类航天与参与的学生和工作人员的采访。本文报告了调查数据。数据收集在三个点：之前thePrincipiaMission，不久之后，大约一年后。结果：学生们对STEM科目的价值，以及空间科学的积极。配对t检验显示，在调查前和调查后几乎没有显着差异。从小学到中学年龄组，考虑从事STEM学科和空间科学职业的人数呈下降趋势。与中学生相比，小学生对STEM科目保持了更大的兴趣，对空间科学方面的兴趣也有所增加。男孩比女孩更积极的空间，更有可能看到自己在STEM领域或空间science.Conclusion工作：研究表明，航天作为一种背景刺激学生的即时情境兴趣，但不是长期的兴趣。因此，似乎没有理由在学校课程中大幅度增加空间科学的覆盖面。然而，调查结果指出，在STEM课程中包括更多关于职业的信息，包括空间科学职业，是可取的。
Background: The work forms part of a study conducted in the UK at the time of thePrincipiaMission, in which the British astronaut, Tim Peake, went to the International Space Station.Purpose: This paper describes the development and use of an on-line instrument to measure young people’s attitudes to STEM subjects and to human spaceflight.Sample: 555 primary students and 796 secondary students completed all three surveys. Students were aged 9 and 12 at the first data collection point.Design and methods: The study as a whole was a three-year, mixed-methods study combining a large-scale survey of attitudes to STEM subjects and to human spaceflight with interviews with participating students and staff. This paper reports the survey data. Data were gathered at three points: prior to thePrincipiaMission, shortly after, and approximately one year later.Results: Students were positive about the value of STEM subjects, and about space science. Paired t-tests showed few significant differences in the pre- and post-surveys. There was a downward trend from primary to secondary age groups in relation to considering careers in STEM subjects and in space science. Primary students retained more interest in STEM subjects and showed increased interest in aspects of space science than secondary students. Boys were more positive about space than girls, and more likely to see themselves working in STEM areas or space science.Conclusion: The study suggests that spaceflight as a context stimulates immediate situational interest in students, but not longer-term interest. Thus, there does not appear to be a case for substantially increasing coverage of space science in the school curriculum. However, the findings point to the desirability of including more information about careers, including careers in space science, in STEM lessons.