出版社：International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE)
摘要：The purposes of this study were to determine whether the departments that high school students consider choosing for their university
education belong to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields or not and to reveal the relationship between
their choice and gender, grade, and type of institution. The research was conducted during the second semester of 2016–2017 academic
year with 2129 students from five public schools located in the Kocasinan and Melikgazi districts of the Kayseri Province in Turkey.
Data were collected through a survey instrument requesting students’ demographic information and the departments that they selected
for university education. Afterward, the departments mentioned by the students were coded as STEM-related and STEM-unrelated
departments. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 22.0 Statistic Software and frequencies, percentages, and Chi-square analysis were
employed. Significant relationships were found between grade, gender, type of institution, and considering STEM-related department
for university education. As a result, this study recommends that informative and stimulating activities involving STEM departments
of universities should be organized for senior high school students to promote STEM fields.
关键词：science; technology; engineering; and mathematics fields; gender; university preference; high school students;
profession selection
