Has the Stereotype of the Scientist Changed in Early Primary School–Aged Students Due to COVID-19?
Open Access
- 20 July 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Education Sciences
- Vol. 11 (7), 365
- https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11070365
Abstract
The image that students have of scientists and their context appears distorted by multiple factors. The detection and modification of this image is important because this is related to scientific vocations. This research analyzes the drawings made by 128 early primary school–aged students (58 girls and 70 boys) from 6 to 8 years to determine the image they have regarding the scientist, their activity, and their environment, and how the current situation due to COVID-19 may affect this image. The analysis rubric defined in the modified Draw A Scientific Test-prompt was used. Results indicate that the image that the students have, in general, is far from the traditional one. Thus, the students draw both young women and men working in science, the girls being the ones who most habitually represent scenes broader than traditional. In addition, the influence of the COVID-19 crisis is perceived in some of the illustrations.This publication has 39 references indexed in Scilit:
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