Editorial: Gendered Motivation and Choice in STEM - Individual and Contextual Factors

Rebecca Lazarides; Angela Ittel

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2015)

Special Issue: Gendered Motivation and Choice in STEM

Editorial: Gendered Motivation and Choice in STEM - Individual and Contextual Factors

Published 19-06-2015

Rebecca Lazarides
Angela Ittel

Rebecca Lazarides
Technische UniversitÃ¤t Berlin

Angela Ittel
Technische UniversitÃ¤t Berlin

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Editorial: Gendered Motivation and Choice in STEM - Individual and Contextual Factors. (2015). International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 7(2), 107-111. https://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/view/427

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Abstract

Research on gender and STEM participation has necessarily tended to focus on one or few selected aspects in explaining women’s career choices and underrepresentation in STEM fields. In this special issue, we connect relevant research results from different disciplinary perspectives to examine gendered motivation and choices in STEM from adolescence to employment.&

Keywords

motivation, gender, mathematics

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