评估对STEM专业的看法,以解释昆虫学和其他科学中的多样性差距
Dominic A Evangelista1, Melissa Sanchez-Herrera2, Johanna Schwartz1
1Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America
|January 22, 2026
概括
性别显著影响了对昆虫学等自然科学领域的看法,由于恐惧和感知到就业位的稀缺性,人们对昆虫学有负面看法. 了解这些多样性差距对于科学领域的招聘和留守至关重要.
科学领域:
- 自然科学,包括昆虫学,生态学和农业科学.
- 关注科学社区中的多样性和包容性.
背景情况:
- 昆虫学和生态学等科学领域面临着严重的种族和性别多样性缺口.
- 了解这些多样性差距背后的驱动因素对于进步至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查导致昆虫学,生态学和农业科学的多样性差距的因素.
- 将学生对这些领域的看法与其他学科进行比较.
- 分析各种人口统计学 (种族,性别,性取向) 的认知如何不同.
主要方法:
- 一项调查分发给北美学术机构的本科生.
- 该调查评估了对昆虫学,生态学和农业科学的看法,涉及到可接近性,好客,恐惧,重要性,兴趣和工作可用性.
- 有针对性的问题涉及与种族有关的问题,包括暴力,权威人物和历史种族主义.
主要成果:
- 性别显著影响了对科学领域的看法,而种族和性取向的影响较小.
- 昆虫学被认为是最负面的,主要是由于高恐惧,低感知重要性,以及缺乏感知就业机会.
- LGBTQ+地位与将昆虫学视为"美丽"的科学有积极的相关性.
- 在生态学和生物学中,人们对种族相关问题的看法显示出较小的人口差异.
结论:
- 性别是塑造学生对自然科学领域感知的关键因素.
- 解决对昆虫学的负面看法,特别是恐惧和就业前景,对于改善多样性至关重要.
- 虽然与种族相关的问题会影响人们的看法,但影响规模很小,这表明其他因素更有影响力.
- 为高等教育机构提供建议,以加强自然科学中的多样性和包容性.
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