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Recruitment campaigns as a tool for social and cultural reproduction of scientific communities: a case study on how scientists invite young people to science
Stockholms universitet.
Kristianstad University, School of Education and Environment, Avdelningen för Naturvetenskap. Kristianstad University, Research environment Learning in Science and Mathematics (LISMA). (LISMA)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3175-5185
2014 (English)In: International Journal of Science Education, ISSN 0950-0693, E-ISSN 1464-5289, Vol. 36, no 12, p. 1985-2008Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Young people's interest in pursuing science and science-intense educations has been expressed as a concern in relation to societal, economic and democratic development by various stakeholders (governments, industry and university). From the perspective of the scientific communities, the issues at stake do not necessarily correspond to the overall societal aims. Rather, initiatives to recruit young people to science are also ways for the scientific community to engage in the social and cultural reproduction of itself. For a community to survive and produce a future, it needs to secure regeneration of itself in succeeding generations. The aim of this study is to, from a perspective of social and cultural production/reproduction, shed light on an initiative from the scientific community to recruit young people to science education. This is a case study of one recruitment campaign called the Chemistry Advent calendar. The calendar consists of 25 webcasted films, produced and published by the science/technology faculty at a university. The analysed data consist of the films and additional published material relating to the campaign such as working reports and articles published about the campaign. The analysis focussed on what messages are communicated to potential newcomers. The messages were categorised by means of a framework of subjective values. The results are discussed both from a perspective of how the messages mirror traditions and habits of the scientific community, and in relation to research on students' educational choices.

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2014. Vol. 36, no 12, p. 1985-2008
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Recruitment, Science education, Scientific community, Social reproduction
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-12096DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2014.888598ISI: 000338842700003OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hkr-12096DiVA, id: diva2:723300
Available from: 2014-06-10 Created: 2014-06-10 Last updated: 2017-12-05Bibliographically approved

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