選擇科學職業意圖的性別差異分析-以TIMSS 2003臺灣八年級學生為例

Abstract

本研究以社會認知生涯理論作爲基礎，旨在透過TIMSS 2003台灣資料庫的二級資料分析，企圖建構並驗證一套學生選擇職業意圖的因素結構模型，以探究男女學生在選擇科學職業意圖上的差異，並且比較其中的性別差異涵義。本研究發現，影響未來是否選擇以科學作爲職業意圖的因素，呈現性別差異的存在；其中，女學生以科學學習興趣，男學生則要覺知科學的益處和效用，兩性唯一的共同因素是科學有用性，亦即覺知到科學對生活的助益，均是影響學生未來選擇以科學作爲職業進路的關鍵因素之一。另外，學生的科學成就必須透過科學自我效能，才能對科學學習興趣產生影響。最後，本研究亦根據研究結果，提出在教育實務應用與未來繼續研究上的建議。

The purpose of this study is to do the secondary analysis of TIMSS 2003 dataset of Taiwan for investigating the sex differences in science career choice process. A latent variable model based on the social cognitive career theory was proposed, tested, and verified with another split-sample from the same population. The results showed that the science career-choice intentions model would be different by gender. Among them, learning interests would be a main impact factor on females` science career-choice process, and the self-efficacy in science on males` model. The common impact factor on gender for science career-choice process was science outcome expectations. The science achievement had an indirect effect on science learning interests, with the science self-efficacy as a mediator. Finally, some conclusions and suggestions for practical applications and future researches were suggested and proposed.