Teacher-Student Interaction in Contemporary Science Classrooms: Is Participation Still a Question of Gender?

Eliasson, NinaMittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för ämnesdidaktik och matematik (author)

Teacher-Student Interaction in Contemporary Science Classrooms : Is Participation Still a Question of Gender?

We show that boys still have a greater access to the space for interaction in science classrooms, which is unexpected since in Sweden today girls perform better in these subjects than boys. Results from video-recorded verbal communication, referred to here as interaction, show that the distribution of teacher–student interaction in the final year of lower secondary school follows the same patterns as in the 1980s. The interaction space for all kinds of talk continues to be distributed according to the two-thirds rule for communication in science classrooms as described by previous research. We also show that the overall interaction space in science classrooms has increased for both boys and girls when talk about science alone is considered. Another finding which follows old patterns is that male teachers still address boys more often than girls. This holds true both for general talk and for talk about science. If a more even distribution of teacher–student interaction is desirable, these results once again need to be considered. More research needs to be undertaken before the association between girls’ attitudes and interest in science in terms of future career choice and the opportunity to participate in teacher–student interaction is more clearly understood.

Sørensen, HeleneDPU, Aarhus University, Tuborgvej, København, Denmark (author)
Karlsson, Karl GöranMittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för ämnesdidaktik och matematik(Swepub:miun)kgkarl (author)
MittuniversitetetAvdelningen för ämnesdidaktik och matematik (creator_code:org_t)

In:International Journal of Science Education: Informa UK Limited38:10, s. 1655-16720950-06931464-5289

By the author/editor: Eliasson, Nina; Sørensen, Helene; Karlsson, Karl G ...

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