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How do STEM-interested students pursue multiple interests in their higher educational choice?

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Vulperhorst, Jonne Pieter Wessels, Koen Bakker, Arthur Akkerman, Sanne Floor
Copyright Year	2018
Description	Journal: International Journal of Science Education Interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) has lately received attention in research due to a gap between the number of STEM students and the needs of the labour market. As interest seems to be one of the most important factors in deciding what to study, we focus in the present study on how STEM-interested students weigh multiple interests in making educational choices. A questionnaire with both open-ended and closed-ended items was administered to 91 STEM-interested students enrolled in a STEM programme of a Dutch University for secondary school students. Results indicate that students find it important that a study programme allows them to pursue multiple interests. Some students pursued multiple interests by choosing to enrol in two programmes at the same time. Most students chose one programme that enabled them to combine multiple interests. Combinations of pursued interests were dependent on the disciplinary range of interests of students. Students who were interested in diverse domains combined interests in an educational programme across academic and non-academic domains, whilst students who were mainly interested in STEM combined only STEM-focused interests. Together these findings stress the importance of taking a multiple interest perspective on interest development and educational choice.
Related Links	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09500693.2018.1452306?needAccess=true
Ending Page	846
Page Count	19
Starting Page	828
ISSN	09500693
e-ISSN	14645289
DOI	10.1080/09500693.2018.1452306
Journal	International Journal of Science Education
Issue Number	8
Volume Number	40
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2018-04-06
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: International Journal of Science Education Education Research Educational Choice Multiple Interest Perspective Combination of Interests Interest Profile
Content Type	Text
Subject	Education

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