Evolución de la opinión sobre la ciencia en el colegio durante la Educación Secundaria Obligatoria en función del género

Abstract

The current disinterest in science in our students, especially in feminine gender, is known. Trying to find the guilty of this fact, the opinion evolution (from 1st to 4th of secondary education), of 354 students about science in High School. The opinion evolution of science in school is quite negative, especially for girls. Fourth is the key school year where there is a decrease in interest in science subjects, a perception of greater difficulty, lack of usefulness of science in daily life and an increase in the belief that not all students should study sciences. These results lead us to think that changes in science subjects’curricula or in teaching-learning methodologies must be made, making them more practical and useful for daily life, betting on a science more attractive to students, and therefore inclusive, not only to students who are interested in making of science their future.