Rural First Year University Science Students: As Engaged, Aspirational and Motivated as Anyone - But Different Science 'Choices' in Year 12 and University

Title
Rural First Year University Science Students: As Engaged, Aspirational and Motivated as Anyone - But Different Science 'Choices' in Year 12 and University
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Quinn, Frances
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3144-3416
Email: fquinn@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:fquinn
Lyons, Terry
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA)
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:19283
Abstract
This paper reports on findings from the Interests and Recruitment in Science study, which explored the experiences of first year students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses in Australian universities. First year STEM students who went to school in rural or regional areas were as engaged, aspirational and motivated as their more metropolitan counterparts. However, they were less likely to have studied physics or advance mathematics, and more likely to have enrolled in an Agricultural or Environmental Science degree. The relationships between these results and broader contextual issues such as employment and Higher Education budgetary and policy settings are discussed.
Link
Citation
Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 26(1), p. 42-53
ISSN
1839-7387
1036-0026
Start page
42
End page
53

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