Life-Experiences of Female Students in Physics: The Outsiders Within

Autor/inn/en	Heeg, Dagmar; Avraamidou, Lucy
Titel	Life-Experiences of Female Students in Physics: The Outsiders Within
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17 (2021) 7, (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
Schlagwörter	Physics; Science Instruction; Undergraduate Students; Females; College Science; Student Attitudes; Gender Bias; Sex Stereotypes; Teacher Behavior; Barriers; Role Models; College Faculty; Women Faculty; Minority Group Teachers; STEM Education; Foreign Countries; Student Experience; Teacher Influence; Parent Influence; Competence; Peer Influence; Cultural Influences; Group Membership; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Weibliches Geschlecht; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterstereotyp; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Identifikationsfigur; Fakultät; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; STEM; Ausland; Studienerfahrung; Kompetenz; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Europa
Abstract	The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the kinds of experiences that were critical to the physics trajectories of four purposefully selected undergraduate female physics students in central Europe. The data were collected through individual semi-structured interviews and were analyzed following an inductive approach and a combination of open and in-vivo coding. The findings showed that: (a) all participants experienced a lack of sense of belonging in physics because of stereotypes and biases about the role of women in physics, which were evident both in classroom discourses and lack of recognition by their instructors and their male peers; (b) the intersection of gender and physics identity served as a barrier to the participants' perceived recognition (by others) as competent physics persons as well as their sense of belonging in physics; and, (c) all participants pointed to the lack of role-models and specifically women of color in academia. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01