ASPIRES: Science Aspirations and Career Choice: Age 10-14

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ASPIRES aims to investigate factors influencing educational choices among 10 to 14-year-old children, with particular interest in the influence of peers, parents, gender, social class and ethnicity on choices.

The Science Aspirations and Career Choice: Age 10-14 project is a five-year longitudinal study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in the UK as part of their Targeted Initiative on Science and Mathematics Education (TISME).

The ASPIRES project aims to address the following four questions:

1. How are students’ educational and occupational aspirations formed over time?
2. How are these aspirations influenced by their peers and parents and by their experience of school science?
3. How are these aspirations shaped by their gender, class and ethnic identities?
4. How and why are student educational and occupational aspirations affected by an intervention which specifically addresses career aspirations in science, mathematics and engineering?

 

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