ATTITUDES AND SELF-BELIEFS OF ABILITY TOWARDS MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE AND THEIR EFFECTS ON CAREER CHOICES A CASE STUDY WITH MACAO-CHINESE GIRLS
Published In: 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN ECONOMICS, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOUR STUDY
Author(s): ANA MARIA CORREIA , CLARA FERNANDES , JOAO SAMPAIO MAIA
Abstract: This study explores girls’ attitudes and selfassessment of abilities towards mathematics and science and its effects on career preferences. Results from Pisa 2012 stated that Macao girls do as well as boys in mathematics and science. However, less than 0,5% of Macao girls contemplate pursuing a career in mathematics related fields and less than 2% contemplate pursuing a career in science related areas. In this research, which follows a quantitative design and was developed in the academic year of 2013/2014, we studied the female students of Macao secondary schools who also attended a Foreign Language course at Macao Portuguese School. The study is focused on a sample of 45 elements. The “Modified Fennema-Sherman Mathematics and Science Attitude Scales” was adapted to measure students selfbeliefs and attitudes towards mathematics and science along four domains, namely (a) confidence, (b) usefulness, (c) mathematics and science as a male domain, and (d) students’ perceptions of their tea
- Publication Date: 29-Dec-2015
- DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-085-9-54
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A STUDY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGIES FOR LOCAL INDUSTRIAL REGENERATION
Published In: 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN ECONOMICS, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOUR STUDY
Author(s): TAKAO NOMAKUCHI
Abstract: Regional industries of Japan are stalled with no way out, since their direction and position to take have not been clarified. However, the regeneration of regional industries should be proposed to dispel the sense of stagnation that exists throughout Japan. Regional regeneration strategies have been discussed based on a wide variety of approaches including sociology, urban design theory, and the community theory. Yet only a few attempts have been made so far at local industrial regeneration strategies taken by entrepreneurs. Therefore, this article attempts to present a strategy to compare and consider the case where there have been a local industrial regeneration entrepreneur. With respect to local industrial regeneration strategies, this article considers that it is necessary to overcome Innovator’s Dilemmas that exist between the local industrial regeneration and regional industry individuals, to narrow down the regeneration range, to have external entrepreneurs not known to the reg
- Publication Date: 29-Dec-2015
- DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-085-9-55
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