Louise Archer|Jennifer DeWitt|Jonathan Osborne
Is Science for Us? Black Students’ and Parents’ Views of Science and Science Careers
King's College London|King's College London|Stanford University
abstract widespread policy concerns improve widen increase science technology engineering mathematics participation remains stratified ethnicity gender social class despite interested highly valuing science black students tend express limited aspirations careers science remain underrepresented post16 science courses careers pattern solely explained attainment paper draws survey data nationally representative student cohorts longitudinal interview data collected 4 years 10 black africancaribbean students parents tracked age 1014 y6y9 part larger study childrens science career aspirations paper uses intersectional analysis qualitative data examine science careers less thinkable black students case study also presented two young black women bucked trend aspired science careers paper concludes implications science education policy practice