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Understanding Girls

Quantitative and Qualitative Research

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Authors:
  1. Dale Rose Baker

    1. Arizona State University, USA

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  • This book is unique because it provides insights in to the perspective of girls, often in their own voice, about their participation in science, successful approaches to support girls in science, and the historical context of the social and cognitive variables used to explain girls’ participation in science
  • Understanding Girls is unique because it documents the research of one scholar over a period of more than 30 years as she explored theories and methodological approaches to gain insights into the factors that promoted or hindered girls’ participation in science
  • Understanding Girls is unique because it reveals the thinking of one of the leading scholars in science education as she describes what led her to each research study, her choice of theories and analytical techniques, and the educational and cultural milieu that influenced her during the time the research was conducted

Part of the book series: Cultural Perspectives in Science Education (CHPS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Can the Differences between Male and Female Science Majors Account for the Low Number of Women at the Doctoral Level in Science?

    • Dale Rose Baker
    Pages 1-21

  3. The Influence of Role-Specific Self-Concept and Sex-Role Conflict on Career Choices in Science

    • Dale Rose Baker
    Pages 23-49

  4. Sex Differences in Classroom Interactions in Secondary Science

    • Dale Rose Baker
    Pages 51-67

  5. Sex Differences in Formal Reasoning Ability

    • Dale Rose Baker
    Pages 69-87

  6. Letting Girls Speak Out About Science

    • Dale Rose Baker
    Pages 89-125

  7. Equity Issues in Science Education

    • Dale Rose Baker
    Pages 127-160

  8. An Intervention to Address Gender Issues in a Course on Design, Engineering, and Technology for Science Educators

    • Dale Rose Baker
    Pages 161-196

  9. What Works

    • Dale Rose Baker
    Pages 197-211

  10. Girls’ Summer Lab

    • Dale Rose Baker
    Pages 213-218

  11. Good Intentions

    • Dale Rose Baker
    Pages 219-226

  12. Summary

    • Dale Rose Baker
    Pages 227-230

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 231-240
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About this book

Understanding Girls: Quantitative and Qualitative Research is a retrospective of the author’s research that led to receiving the 2013 Distinguished Contributions Award to Science Education through Research. This book includes selected articles that document changes in her research approaches and theoretical frameworks. The articles represent the evolution of her thinking about the issue of girls in science as well as her impact on science education. The author’s work is placed in the context of science education research at the time of publication, research in education and psychology, and the culture of the times. She pulls back the curtain that often makes the messy work of research seem straightforward and linear to reveal why she did the research and the methodological decisions she faced. She describes the serendipitous nature of some of the work as well as her frustrations in trying to understand data, and struggles to insure that she accurately and respectfully presented the voices of girls and their teachers. The book also includes some of the earliest research in engineering education preceding the focus on engineering practices found in the Next Generation Science and Engineering Standards. Understanding Girls provides insights into why girls may or may not decide to participate in science and engineering and what can be done to increase their participation. It provides evidence that we have increased girls’ participation and the challenges that remain to insure that every girl who wants to become a scientist or engineer has the opportunity to do so.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Arizona State University, USA

    Dale Rose Baker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Girls

  • Book Subtitle: Quantitative and Qualitative Research

  • Authors: Dale Rose Baker

  • Series Title: Cultural Perspectives in Science Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-497-8

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-497-8Published: 25 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 240

  • Topics: Education, general

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