Students' engineering experience and aspirations within STEM education in Hong Kong secondary schools

Students' engineering experience and aspirations within STEM education in Hong Kong secondary schools

• Kutnick, Peter King's College London
• Lee, Betty Pok Yee University of Hong Kong
• Chan, Rosanna Yuen Yan Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Chan, Cecilia Ka Yuk University of Hong Kong

International Journal of Educational Research, 103(0), 2020

Elsevier Ltd.

2020

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GC Mathematics & Statistics
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GD Science & Technology
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GG Engineering, Manufacturing & Construction

Engineering Education Secondary Schools Student Aspirations

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

This study questions whether Hong Kong (HK) students' engineering aspirations are facilitated within their secondary school STEM curriculum or elsewhere. HK students perform strongly on international science and mathematics assessments, although its economy is reliant on a dwindling number of engineers. We consider STEM education metaphors, recent government attempts to improve STEM education and lack of Asian STEM literature. A representative twenty-four students (sex, age, secondary school type) were interviewed to elicit school/home e/STM (engineering within/STM subjects) experiences and aspirations. Thematic content analyses found: e/STM aspirations most susceptible to (pathway-based) home and cultural inequalities; younger students excluded from engineering interests; and, inhibiting in-school activities/pedagogies. Within this high-performing Asian society, inhibitors to engineering engagement were similar to current Western findings. Copyright ©Elsevier Ltd.

• English

Journal Articles

• 08830355

• 10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101610

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2021-04-13