Gender equality in 5-to 6-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypes

Science competencies acquired at early years are basic and influence on children’s later development. Gender differences in these early science competencies may explain the often-reported gender differences in later science abilities. Research in this field was not usually focused on pre-schoolers....

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Authors: Romero-Abrio, Ana, Ramos-Alonso, Raquel, Hurtado-Bermúdez, Santiago
Format: article
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO)
Repository:RIO. Repositorio Institucional Olavide
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:rio.upo.es:10433/22662
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22662
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Science career
Gender stereotypes
Preschool
Physics
Gender equality
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spelling Gender equality in 5-to 6-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypesRomero-Abrio, AnaRamos-Alonso, RaquelHurtado-Bermúdez, SantiagoScience careerGender stereotypesPreschoolPhysicsGender equalityScience competencies acquired at early years are basic and influence on children’s later development. Gender differences in these early science competencies may explain the often-reported gender differences in later science abilities. Research in this field was not usually focused on pre-schoolers. In this study, we focus on the interaction between five- to six-year-old pre-schoolers and a researcher while they work on tasks about physics and astronomy in three experiments. Participants were five- to six-year-old children attending preschool in Sevilla (Spain) representing the full range of socioeconomic backgrounds. Over the course of experiments, an increase in the students’ number of right answers occurred. Results supported that pre-schoolers’ early science competencies are characterized by gender equality and do not explain later-reported gender differences. However, the findings showed that girls are not inclined towards scientific careers, even if they have the same scientific performance as boys.Taylor & Francis20252025-01-2420212021-06-1120212021-06-11journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10433/22662reponame:RIO. Repositorio Institucional Olavideinstname:Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:rio.upo.es:10433/226622026-06-13T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gender equality in 5-to 6-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypes
title Gender equality in 5-to 6-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypes
spellingShingle Gender equality in 5-to 6-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypes
Romero-Abrio, Ana
Science career
Gender stereotypes
Preschool
Physics
Gender equality
title_short Gender equality in 5-to 6-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypes
title_full Gender equality in 5-to 6-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypes
title_fullStr Gender equality in 5-to 6-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypes
title_full_unstemmed Gender equality in 5-to 6-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypes
title_sort Gender equality in 5-to 6-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Romero-Abrio, Ana
Ramos-Alonso, Raquel
Hurtado-Bermúdez, Santiago
author Romero-Abrio, Ana
author_facet Romero-Abrio, Ana
Ramos-Alonso, Raquel
Hurtado-Bermúdez, Santiago
author_role author
author2 Ramos-Alonso, Raquel
Hurtado-Bermúdez, Santiago
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Science career
Gender stereotypes
Preschool
Physics
Gender equality
topic Science career
Gender stereotypes
Preschool
Physics
Gender equality
description Science competencies acquired at early years are basic and influence on children’s later development. Gender differences in these early science competencies may explain the often-reported gender differences in later science abilities. Research in this field was not usually focused on pre-schoolers. In this study, we focus on the interaction between five- to six-year-old pre-schoolers and a researcher while they work on tasks about physics and astronomy in three experiments. Participants were five- to six-year-old children attending preschool in Sevilla (Spain) representing the full range of socioeconomic backgrounds. Over the course of experiments, an increase in the students’ number of right answers occurred. Results supported that pre-schoolers’ early science competencies are characterized by gender equality and do not explain later-reported gender differences. However, the findings showed that girls are not inclined towards scientific careers, even if they have the same scientific performance as boys.
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