Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Abstract
Students’ science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career aspirations are influenced by the cultural, cognitive, and contextual factors that affect their self-efficacy, outcomes, expectation, motivation, interests, and choices (Lent et al., 1994). This study investigates the influence of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) schools on high school students’ STEM career aspirations. UAE schools are considered the cultural factor, where many new initiatives and policies take place, such as the science, technology, and innovation policy and new high school equivalency policy. In this study, the students’ STEM career aspirations involved the cognitive factor and the contextual factor. The participants were high school students (n1=330) and teachers (n2=10) from different schools across UAE. A concurrent mixed-methods approach used quantitative data (online survey) and qualitative analysis (semi-structured interviews). The results reveal new initiatives in schools have a strong positive impact on students’ STEM career aspirations. However, some gaps occurred where recommendations were made.
DOI Link
ISSN
Publisher
Modestum Ltd
Volume
19
Issue
2
First Page
em2225
Last Page
em2225
Disciplines
Education
Keywords
cultural influence, cognitive influence, contextual influence, career aspirations, STEM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
ElSayary, Areej, "The influence of UAE schools initiatives on high-school students’ STEM career aspirations" (2023). All Works. 5715.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/5715
Indexed in Scopus
no
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series