TY - JOUR
T1 - Gendered study choice: a literature review. A review of theory and research into the unequal representation of male and female students in mathematics, science, and technology
AU - Yazilitas, D.
AU - Svensson, J.S.
AU - de Vries, G.C.
AU - Saharso, S.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This article presents an overview of the recent literature on gendered patterns of academic choice in mathematics, science, and technology. It distinguishes in this literature micro-level, macro-level, and institutional explanations. Micro-level explanations focus primarily on psychological constructs, that is, variables at the level of the individual students. Macro-level explanations focus primarily on socioeconomic conditions and cultural understandings of gender roles. Institutional explanations focus on design characteristics of (national) education systems. After a presentation of these perspectives and of recent research progress that has been made, the authors critically discuss the lacunae that still exist in explaining cross-national variety, and provide suggestions for designing future research in this field. © 2013 © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
AB - This article presents an overview of the recent literature on gendered patterns of academic choice in mathematics, science, and technology. It distinguishes in this literature micro-level, macro-level, and institutional explanations. Micro-level explanations focus primarily on psychological constructs, that is, variables at the level of the individual students. Macro-level explanations focus primarily on socioeconomic conditions and cultural understandings of gender roles. Institutional explanations focus on design characteristics of (national) education systems. After a presentation of these perspectives and of recent research progress that has been made, the authors critically discuss the lacunae that still exist in explaining cross-national variety, and provide suggestions for designing future research in this field. © 2013 © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
U2 - 10.1080/13803611.2013.803931
DO - 10.1080/13803611.2013.803931
M3 - Article
SN - 1380-3611
VL - 19
SP - 525
EP - 545
JO - Educational Research and Evaluation
JF - Educational Research and Evaluation
IS - 6
ER -