APS

2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024

Draw a Scientist: How Do Elementary-Aged Students View Gender in the Science Workforce?

San Francisco, CA · May 2024

Poster · Social

  • Abigail Johnson
  • Stephen Sullivan
    Sacred Heart Academy

Abstract

182 students, aged 5-13, (grades K-8), participated in a DAST to determine the effects of gender perception of the science workforce. Students were asked to draw and name a specific scientist. Results indicated that as the child's age increased, the number of girls who drew a female scientist decreased.

Gender

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