Gender Dependency and Cultural Independency of Science Interest in an Open and Distant Science Learning Environment

This study aims to describe the similarities and differences in the science interests of males and females from Israeli and Arab Middle Eastern countries, as derived from over 1,000 science questions sent to an international ask-a-scientist site. Our findings indicate that while the stereotypical ge...

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Autores principales:	Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Alaa Kaadni Kaadni
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2009
Materias:	Gender cross-cultural informal science education questions Ask-A-Scientist Middle East Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a43a7e624ca949a5b32e9ecc630473a62021-12-02T19:20:55ZGender Dependency and Cultural Independency of Science Interest in an Open and Distant Science Learning Environment10.19173/irrodl.v10i2.5911492-3831https://doaj.org/article/a43a7e624ca949a5b32e9ecc630473a62009-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/591https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This study aims to describe the similarities and differences in the science interests of males and females from Israeli and Arab Middle Eastern countries, as derived from over 1,000 science questions sent to an international ask-a-scientist site. Our findings indicate that while the stereotypical gender gap in interest persists, and significant differences were found between the age groups, no significant differences were found between science questions that were sent by Israelis and Arabs. Furthermore, no correlation was found between female participation and the state of gender equity in the country, and only 1% of the questions made any reference to country-specific, local, or religious aspects. One may conclude that science interests are gender- and age-dependent but culturally-independent in this asynchronous, open and distant science learning environment. Further research is needed in order to determine if this is a genuine attribute of science interest in ODL environments or an outcome of the digital divide in the region.Ayelet Baram-TsabariAlaa Kaadni KaadniAthabasca University PressarticleGendercross-culturalinformal science educationquestionsAsk-A-ScientistMiddle EastSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 10, Iss 2 (2009)
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spellingShingle	Gender cross-cultural informal science education questions Ask-A-Scientist Middle East Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Ayelet Baram-Tsabari Alaa Kaadni Kaadni Gender Dependency and Cultural Independency of Science Interest in an Open and Distant Science Learning Environment
description	This study aims to describe the similarities and differences in the science interests of males and females from Israeli and Arab Middle Eastern countries, as derived from over 1,000 science questions sent to an international ask-a-scientist site. Our findings indicate that while the stereotypical gender gap in interest persists, and significant differences were found between the age groups, no significant differences were found between science questions that were sent by Israelis and Arabs. Furthermore, no correlation was found between female participation and the state of gender equity in the country, and only 1% of the questions made any reference to country-specific, local, or religious aspects. One may conclude that science interests are gender- and age-dependent but culturally-independent in this asynchronous, open and distant science learning environment. Further research is needed in order to determine if this is a genuine attribute of science interest in ODL environments or an outcome of the digital divide in the region.
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title	Gender Dependency and Cultural Independency of Science Interest in an Open and Distant Science Learning Environment
title_short	Gender Dependency and Cultural Independency of Science Interest in an Open and Distant Science Learning Environment
title_full	Gender Dependency and Cultural Independency of Science Interest in an Open and Distant Science Learning Environment
title_fullStr	Gender Dependency and Cultural Independency of Science Interest in an Open and Distant Science Learning Environment
title_full_unstemmed	Gender Dependency and Cultural Independency of Science Interest in an Open and Distant Science Learning Environment
title_sort	gender dependency and cultural independency of science interest in an open and distant science learning environment
publisher	Athabasca University Press
publishDate	2009
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Gender Dependency and Cultural Independency of Science Interest in an Open and Distant Science Learning Environment

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