Does human spaceflight affect the perception and uptake of STEM subjects?

该项目旨在检验人类太空旅行对学生对STEM科目的感知和吸收产生积极影响的假设。主要内容包括：* 与以不同身份从事空间科学工作的主要信息提供者进行访谈，以了解可能影响学生对STEM科目的反应的空间科学关键领域的观点，并就已获得的空间科学资源提出建议。* 设计新工具，以评估学生对STEM科目和空间科学的态度（目前还没有单一的工具来探测对STEM科目的态度）;* 使用该工具收集8-11岁学生的纵向数据（关键阶段2）和11-14（关键阶段3）从30所小学和30所中学抽样;* 与25%的学校的教师和学生进行访谈，以收集他们对影响STEM学科参与和参与的因素的看法，包括人类太空飞行的影响;* 制作旨在吸引年轻人参与STEM学科的空间科学资源概览（或地图）;地图将包括现有资源和与Tim Peake的使命具体相关的任何资源。

The project seeks to test the hypothesis that human space travel has a positive impact on school students' perception and uptake of STEM subjects. The principal elements involve:* interviews with key informants working in space science in different capacities to gain perspectives on key areas of space science that may influence students' responses to STEM subjects, and advice on space science resources that have been (or will be) produced for use with school students; * the design of a new instrument to assess school students' attitudes to STEM subjects and to space science (no single instrument probing attitudes to STEM subjects currently exists);* use of the instrument to gather longitudinal data from pupils aged 8-11 (Key Stage 2) and 11-14 (Key Stage 3) from a sample of 30 primary and 30 secondary schools;* interviews with teachers and students in 25% of these schools to gather data on their views of factors that influence engagement and participation in STEM subject, including the effects of human space flight; * the production of an overview (or map) of space science resources aimed at engaging young people in STEM subjects; the map will include existing resources and any resources specifically linked to Tim Peake's mission.