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| ISBN: | 9781137533982
1137533986
1137533978
9781137533975
9781137533975
9781349709892
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file
PDF
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-192) and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Science is central to our everyday life. Yet, the study of advanced science is often stratified by 'race' or ethnicity. This book draws across science education literature and sociology of education theories. It investigates how social identities of 'race' and ethnicity, social class and gender can shape minority ethnic students' views of, and aspirations toward, science through exploring the experiences of British Black Caribbean, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian and Pakistani young people. Is science for 'people like us'? This book engages with and extends our current conceptual thinking around aspiration, capital and identity, in the context of science. For instance, a distinction is made between careers in and from science as well as the educational discourses of 'being the best' and 'trying my best'. It contributes to ongoing discussions around 'science identity' and the emerging idea of 'science capital' along with the development of five 'types' of science participation.
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| Other form: | Print version: Wong, Billy, 1985- Science education, career aspirations, and minority ethnic students. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, [2016] 9781137533975
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| Standard no.: | 10.1057/9781137533982
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