Abstract
In the discussion of recruitment and retention of students in STEM higher-education programmes, the metaphor of the leaking pipeline is sometimes used, indicating that as students proceed through the educational systems some of them are lost. This paper follows a cohort of upper-secondary school students with an interest in STEM from 18 months before their completing upper-secondary school until three years after their completion. Adopting a mixed-methods design, it follows the reflections and interests of the students concerning their choice of higher education, and, in particular, whether they enter a STEM higher-education programme. Only 22% of the students expressed the same interest during the whole period, and 56% changed between different groups of studies, e.g., between STEM and HEALTH. The considered trajectories of the students showed that the leaking-pipeline metaphor is misleading because it suggests a linear and one-way movement, while there were students moving in as well as out of STEM trajectories.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Publikationsdato | 2019 |
Status | Udgivet - 2019 |
Begivenhed | European Science Education Research Association: 13th Conference - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italien Varighed: 26. aug. 2019 → 30. aug. 2019 https://www.esera2019.org/ |
Konference
Konference | European Science Education Research Association |
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Lokation | University of Bologna |
Land/Område | Italien |
By | Bologna |
Periode | 26/08/2019 → 30/08/2019 |
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