Improving Girls’ Sense of Fit in Science

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie T. O’Brien ◽  
Aline Hitti ◽  
Emily Shaffer ◽  
Amanda R. Van Camp ◽  
Donata Henry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Model Identification ◽  
Choice Condition ◽  
Model Choice ◽  
Science Outreach ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
Best Friend ◽  
School Girls ◽  
The Impact

A field experiment tested the effect of choosing a “favorite” role model on sense of fit in science among middle school girls. The girls participated in a 1-day science outreach event where they were exposed to multiple female role models. At the end of the event, participants were randomly assigned to choose and write about a favorite role model or to choose and write about their best friend. Girls in the role model choice condition experienced a significant increase in sense of fit in science, whereas girls in the control condition did not. Girls in the role model choice condition also tended to have stronger role model identification than girls in the control condition, and role model identification was correlated with sense of fit in science. Encouraging girls to actively choose and write about a favorite role model may help to maximize the impact of exposure to role models.

scholarly journals The impact of role modeling on the professional identity of pre-service teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-152
Author(s):  
Lizette Drusila Flores Delgado ◽  
Irlanda Olave Moreno ◽  
Ana Cecilia Villarreal Ballesteros
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Teacher Mentors ◽  
The Impact

Research shows that mentoring EFL pre-service teachers during the practicum element of teacher-training courses allow them to get experience and to develop, improve, and put into practice their teaching skills. This professional practice can impact the development of a positive or negative professional identity in teachers. Current literature, however, seems to focus on the shaping of teacher identity and learner identity, but there is little empirical research regarding the development and shaping of the identity of pre-service teachers. Pre-service teachers are the main actors of this practicum stage of teacher-training programs and, therefore, by working in collaboration and being supported by a mentor as a role model, they develop their professional identity. The present qualitative case study sought to explore the shaping and re-shaping of the professional identity of fifteen EFL pre-service teachers of a northern Mexican university and the impact of working with English teacher mentors as role models. Information gathered through the constant comparative method of data from the participants taken from their reflective journals, mentor-observations, and self-observations suggests that although working with a positive role model encourages the development of a stronger teacher identity and an improvement in their teaching practice, working with a bad role model can also have the same results.

Mentoring Girls in Science

2016 ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Donna Farland-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Content Area ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Girls In Science ◽  
Human Endeavor ◽  
Side Interaction ◽  
School Girls

Content area specialists (scientists) are often recruited as mentors of students to address issues in science education. These scientists are frequently recruited to help with the teaching of science, however, quite often do not have the pedagogy skills needed to be role models for young children. Guidance in the selection appropriate mentors would help maximize the potential influence on students understanding of who does science, where science is done and what scientists do. This study illustrates six case studies of scientists as they worked with middle school girls and identifies five characteristics educators should look for in selecting science mentors successful in broadening students' perceptions of scientists. The data was collected during ‘Side-by-Side' interaction with scientists/mentors during a summer camp experience and has implications for classroom practice as the use of mentors can be structured to support the infusion of Science as a Human Endeavor. As the students' experiences with mentor scientists helped to shape their perception of those who pursue careers in science and what it is that scientists do, careful consideration and preparation of mentors were critical to the success of the program, and so this paper also provides suggestions to help highly trained and highly educated scientists in these mentorship roles.

scholarly journals Unequal Neighbours? A French-German Comparison of Family Size Intentions

1970 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerstin Ruckdeschel ◽  
Anne Salles ◽  
Sabine Diabaté ◽  
Laurent Toulemon ◽  
Arnaud Régnier-Loilier
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
West Germany ◽  
General Role ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
Large Families ◽  
East And West ◽  
The Impact

The neighbouring countries France and Germany show very different levels of fertility. Differences also exist between the two regions of East and West Germany. The aim of this paper is to help close a remaining gap in explaining these differences by applying a cultural concept of role models. Data is based on the German survey “Family-related role models” (2012) and the French survey “Situation de couple, intentions de fécondité et opinions sur la famille”, ELIPSS (2013) offering a new approach to measuring the impact of social norms. The analysis uses multinomial logistic regression. We identified role models regarding the acceptance of childlessness on the one hand and large families on the other, as well as regarding the link between marriage and parenthood and the importance of financial security, suggesting different fertility-related cultures in France and Germany. There is a strong predominance of one general role model in France – that of having at least two children. In Germany, in contrast, there is a dominant role model – the two child family – but there are also several less central role models. The dominant model in France even leads to a sort of self-stigmatisation of individuals who want to stay childless, whereas childlessness is generally accepted in Germany. Role model differences between East and West Germany show a lower acceptance of large families and a higher acceptance of single-child families in the East. Our results highlight the importance of role models for fertility intentions as well as the relevance of cultural dimensions when studying the impact of the institutional framework on fertility.

The impact of puberty and dating on eating problems among middle school girls

1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Smolak ◽  
Michael P. Levine ◽  
Sarah Gralen
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Eating Problems ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
School Girls ◽  
The Impact

THE INFLUENCE OF ROLE MODELS ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 157-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
HOWARD VAN AUKEN ◽  
FRED L. FRY ◽  
PAUL STEPHENS
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Career Intentions ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Specific Activities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Starting A Business

This study examines the impact of role model activities on potential entrepreneur's desire to own a business. A group of students, whose role model owned a business, were asked to rank the influence on career intentions of twenty specific activities in which role models and potential entrepreneurs might engage. The study looks at the relationship between these activities and the desire to own a business. Role model activities related to involving the respondent in professional activities, employment in the business, and discussions about the business were found to be significantly related with interest in starting a business. The results can be useful to those involved in teaching entrepreneurship courses, owners of businesses who are interested in encouraging entrepreneurship, and providers of assistance who council owners of firms.

scholarly journals Dampak Keterampilan Guru Pendidik Agama Kristen Terhadap Motivasi Belajar Siswa

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-167
Author(s):  
Anita Grays Pantow ◽  
Ribka Ester Legi
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Teaching Objectives ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Teacher Skills ◽  
Research Procedure ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Factual Data

Abstrak: Kajian ini menguraikan secara spesifik mengenai dampak ketrampilan guru Pendidik Agama Kristen dalam meningkatkan motivasi belajar siswa. Topik ini diangkat kara data faktual yang diterima peneliti, masih banyak ditemui para siswa dalam sebuah institusi motivasi belajar belum sepenuhnya antusias. Hal ini bisa disebabkan kurang terampilnya pendidik dalam mengajar. Tulisan ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Prosedur penelitian ini dilakukan dengan cara mengumpulkan data-data tentang dampak keterampilan guru PAK. Hasil uraian topik ini mengemukakan bahwa sebagai pengajar, guru dituntut untuk memiliki kecakapan dalam mengembangkan keterampilan mengajar. Adapun wujud dari ketrampilan pengajar itu mampu memahami isi Alkitab dengan baik dan benar, pengajar PAK mampu menjembatani persoalan dengan Alkitab. Kemudian pengajar PAK dapat membimbing dan mendampingi peserta didik, serta  pengajar PAK hendaknya memahami dan menetapkan tujuan pengajaran yang diajarkan kepada nara-didik . Dengan ketrampilannya sebagai pendidik, motivasi nara-didik akan tercipta karena guru menjadi role model mereka untuk meningkatkan intensitas belajar.Abstract: This study outlines the specifics of the impact of Christian Educator teacher skills in improving students' learning motivation.This topic is raised kara factual data received by researchers, there are still many students in a learning motivation institution not yet fully enthusiastic.This can be due to the lack of skilled educators in teaching.This paper uses qualitative methods with a descriptive approach.This research procedure is carried out by collecting data on the impact of PAK teachers' skills.The results of this topic description suggest that as teachers, teachers are required to have proficiency in developing teaching skills.As for the form of the teaching skills, it is able to understand the contents of the Bible properly and correctly, PAK teachers are able to bridge the problem with the Bible. Then PAK teachers can guide and accompany learners, and PAK teachers should understand and set the teaching objectives taught to learners. With his skills as an educator, the motivation of learners will be created because teachers become their role models to increase the intensity of learning.

Crisis or Chronic Strain?

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Vignes
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Age Difference ◽  
Spousal Loss ◽  
The Impact

This population-based study ( N = 908,468) examines the effects of spousal loss on being absent from work due to illness or injury (sickness absence) among employed individuals in Norway. Fixed-effects models capturing antecedent and short- and long-term effects of spousal loss over a 15-year period were estimated to explore gender and age differences in the impact of widowhood. The crisis model, the social-role model, and the life course perspective are discussed. Furthermore, the study calls into question whether parenthood explains the gendered age gradient of the widowhood effect. The results show that the theoretical relevance of the crisis and social-role models is best understood in dialogue with a gendered life course approach. The results show that the crisis response is especially high among young widowers, whereas the recovery period is markedly prolonged among young widows. Parenthood at the time of widowhood explains much of the age difference among widowers and widows.

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