STEM Career Interest of Kazakhstani Middle and High School Students

Education Sciences

Zhomart Naushabekov¹  Samat Ongarbayev¹  Nuri Balta²  Adriana Postiglione³  Nursultan Japashov⁴ 

[1] Department of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics Teaching Methods, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, 050010 Almaty, Kazakhstan;Department of Pedagogy of Natural sciences, Suleymen Demirel University, 040900 Kaskelen, Kazakhstan;Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università Roma Tre, 00146 Rome, Italy;Solid state Physics and Nonlinear Physics Department, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 050040 Almaty, Kazakhstan;

关键词: Kazakhstan STEM education;    secondary school STEM;    STEM education;    STEM career interest;   

DOI  :  10.3390/educsci12060397

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study is to analyze secondary school students’ career interests in STEM subjects. This survey-based quantitative research is provided to gain insight into the STEM career interests of 398 students (7–11 graders), in the Almaty region of the Kazakhstan Republic. Through parametric and non-parametric test analysis, the relationship between students’ STEM career interest and their gender, their parents’ occupation, parents’ education, family size, school type, and school location were revealed. Results indicated that, on average, participant students showed positive interest in STEM careers. In particular, boys’ and girls’ responses were equally positive in many sub-scales of STEM. Additionally, great interest in STEM careers was shown by village students, whereas, for private school students who are living in the city, STEM career interests were the lowest in our sample. We also found that students’ family size, parents’ education, and occupation does not relate to students’ STEM career interest. Implications for STEM education in Kazakhstan are further discussed in this study.

【 授权许可】

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