Article ID: CBB098269732

Public Understanding of Science and K-12 STEM Education Outcomes: Effects of Idaho Parents’ Orientation Toward Science on Students’ Attitudes Toward Science (2016)

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John A. Mihelich (Author)
Sarathchandra, Dilshani (Author)
Leontina Hormel (Author)
Debbie A. Storrs (Author)
Michelle M. Wiest (Author)


Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Volume: 36
Issue: 3
Pages: 164-178


Publication Date: 2016
Edition Details: Special Issue on U.S. Adult Perceptions of Environmental Scientist Agreement on Global Warming
Language: English

Over the past few decades, public anxiety about how people interact with science has spawned cycles of discourse across a wide range of media, public and private initiatives, and substantial research endeavors. National and international STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education initiatives and research have addressed how students interact with science and pursue careers in STEM fields. Researchers concerned with adult interaction with science have focused on factors that influence how citizens gather and interpret scientific knowledge and form positions on scientific issues, applications, and/or policy in a politicized democratic milieu. Building from research on how the public interacts with science in and outside of formal education, this study focuses on attitudes toward science among students in 4th, 7th, and 10th grades and their parents. Little research to date has paired the STEM experiences of adults with their children. We find that the extent to which parents are positively oriented toward science significantly shapes their children’s attitudes toward science. Furthermore, between 7th and 10th grades, students with parents holding positive orientations toward science are more likely to sustain positive attitudes toward science. Since the foundation for most adults’ interactions with science develops in the K-12 environment, we demonstrate that the foundation, as expressed in adulthood, may directly affect the ways the next generation of students interacts with science. We offer insights into the importance of developing student learning into the social scientific research on public understanding of science and how important scientific issues of today interplay with society.

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Article Losh, Susan Carol (2016) Preface: Why It Matters: U.S. Adult Perceptions of Environmental Scientist Agreement on Global Warming. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society (pp. 147-149). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Lachney, Michael
Schmidt, Wiliam H.
Schell, John W.
Avery, Zanj K.
Schweingbruber, Heidi A.
John A. Mihelich
Concepts
Science education and teaching
Primary and secondary education
Public understanding of science
Science and society
Students
Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Ancient
20th century, early
19th century
Places
United States
Idaho (U.S.)
Finland
Mesopotamia
Institutions
National Research Council (U.S.)
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