Open AccessGoggles and White Lab Coats: Students’ Perspectives on Scientists and the Continued Need to Challenge Stereotypes
Author(s) -
Cara Gormally,
Rachel Inghram
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of microbiology and biology education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1935-7885
pISSN - 1935-7877
DOI - 10.1128/jmbe.v22i1.2273
Subject(s) - feeling , affect (linguistics) , key (lock) , white (mutation) , persistence (discontinuity) , white paper , data science , computer science , psychology , chemistry , social psychology , political science , engineering , communication , geotechnical engineering , gene , biochemistry , law , computer security
For undergraduate students, feeling an affinity with a science community is a key factor related to interest and persistence in science. Thus, how students perceive scientists can affect their sense of belonging.