Thinking and Practicing Like a Scientist?: Examining K-12 Student Mental Images of Scientists through a Large-Scale Survey-Based Study

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Zhengyan; Chen, Ying-Chih; He, Guangxi; She, Hsiao-Ching; Chen, Jhih-Cheng
Titel	Thinking and Practicing Like a Scientist?: Examining K-12 Student Mental Images of Scientists through a Large-Scale Survey-Based Study
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Science Education, 9 (2023) 1, S.75-105 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chen, Ying-Chih) ORCID (He, Guangxi) ORCID (She, Hsiao-Ching) ORCID (Chen, Jhih-Cheng)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; High School Students; Visualization; Scientists; Student Surveys; Foreign Countries; Test Construction; Affective Behavior; Cognitive Processes; Individual Characteristics; Ethics; Gender Differences; Regional Characteristics; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Visualisation; Visualisierung; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Schülerbefragung; Ausland; Testaufbau; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ethik; Geschlechterkonflikt; Regionaler Faktor
Abstract	This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable instrument, the Mental Images of Scientists Questionnaire (MISQ), and use the instrument to examine Chinese students' mental images of scientists' characters across school levels, regions, living settings, and gender. The final version of the MISQ consisted of four constructs: scientists' cognitive, affective, lifestyle, and job characters. The results showed that senior high school students gave higher scores for scientists' cognitive character construct than junior high and elementary school students did. Students from eastern regions, which have a more highly developed economy, gave the highest scores on cognitive and affective character constructs of scientists. Students from western regions, which have a less developed economy, had a relatively negative impression of scientists. Students' images of scientists' affective, lifestyle, and job characters were positively correlated with their interests in pursuing scientific careers. Future research to explore the relationships between students' mental images of scientists' characters and students' motivation to pursue science-related careers or to engage in scientific practices are recommended. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01