Blossoming from STEM: An evaluation of the Scottish Schools Education Research Centre's (SSERC) Young STEM Leader Programme initiative

获取理想职业信息的不平等会影响年轻人获得这些角色的能力（Iannelli和Duta 2017）。拥有更多关于潜在职业选择信息的年轻人更容易做出明智的选择，并相信他们可以实现自己的愿望（Ruvolo和Markus 1992）。苏格兰政府的STEM教育和培训战略（2017年）旨在通过增加年轻人对潜在职业的了解以及如何获得这些职业，使他们能够在科学、技术、教育和数学（STEM）领域寻求职业。该项目评估了SSERC为苏格兰中学和同等教育部门的年轻人提供的新的SCQF 7级课程。青年STEM领袖计划（YSLP）旨在提高对STEM职业选择的认识和参与，无论是过渡到就业，学徒还是高等教育/继续教育。特别是，它探讨了人们社会关系中的“科学资本”水平（Davenport et al. 2021）如何影响职业选择，以及YSLP在帮助年轻人做出明智决策方面发挥的作用（如果有的话）。

Inequalities in access to information about aspirational careers can impact young people's ability to attain such roles (Iannelli and Duta 2017). Young people with more information about potential career choices are better placed to make informed choices and believe they can attain their aspirations (Ruvolo and Markus 1992). The Scottish Government's STEM Education and Training Strategy (2017) aims to empower young people to seek careers in Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics (STEM) by increasing their knowledge of potential careers, and how to access them.This project evaluates a new SCQF level 7 course offered by SSERC to young people in secondary schooling and equivalent in the FE sector in Scotland. The Young STEM Leader Programme (YSLP) aims to increase awareness and participation in STEM career choices, whether transitioning into employment, to apprenticeships or higher/further education. Particularly, it explores how levels of 'science capital' in people's social connections (Davenport et al. 2021) influence career choices, and the role, if any, that YSLP plays in equipping young people to make informed decisions.