家庭科学资本调节了父子科学对话中的性别差异
1School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
Journal of experimental child psychology
|August 4, 2024
概括
父母与幼儿的科学谈话受到儿童性别和家庭科学资本的影响. 更高的科学资本和特定活动减少了科学传播中的性别差异.
科学领域:
- 儿童发展 儿童发展
- 科学教育科学教育教育.
- 科学社会学科学社会学
背景情况:
- 亲子对话对于早期的科学参与和学习至关重要.
- 了解影响科学讨论的因素,如儿童性别和家庭资源,是必不可少的.
- 科学资本,包括与科学相关的资源,可能在这些相互作用中发挥作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查孩子的性别和父母的科学资本是否预测了父母与孩子互动期间科学过程语言的变化.
- 探索特定科学活动对科学过程语言的使用的影响.
- 检查性别,科学资本和活动类型之间的潜在相互作用.
主要方法:
- 调查数据收集了来自美国70个家庭的家长的科学资本.
- 家庭视频录制父母和4岁和5岁的孩子参与两个科学活动 (平衡秤,电路玩具).
- 视频数据的转录和分析,以量化家长对科学过程语言的使用.
主要成果:
- 父母与男孩相比,与女孩相比,与男孩使用的科学过程语言明显更多.
- 科学资本的更高水平与科学过程语言的使用增加有关.
- 平衡天平活动引起了比电路玩具更多的科学过程语言.
- 科学过程语言中的性别差异在更高的科学资本水平和规模活动期间减少.
结论:
- 儿童性别,家庭科学资本和活动背景是早期科学传播的重要因素.
- 建立科学资本可能是减轻科学中性别刻板印象的可行策略.
- 进一步的研究和干预措施应该考虑这些多方面的影响儿童的科学参与.
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