African American High-Achieving Girls: STEM Careers as Options
Black Female Undergraduates on Campus: Successes and Challenges
ISBN: 978-1-78052-502-0, eISBN: 978-1-78052-503-7
Publication date: 11 January 2012
Abstract
This paper examines the effectiveness of the Nash, Borman, and Colson (1980) 3-phase career education model for gifted and talented 12th grade student on African American girls' decisions to study STEM disciplines after high school. Using qualitative methodology to collect and analyze data from participants at a small urban math and science focused high school, the findings suggest that the model is only as beneficial as its implementation. The paper recommends useful strategies that will ensure students are able to receive the benefits of experience that the model offers, thus aligning their academic strengths with their career options.
Citation
Coneal, W.B. (2012), "African American High-Achieving Girls: STEM Careers as Options", Renée Chambers, C. and Vonshay Sharpe, R. (Ed.) Black Female Undergraduates on Campus: Successes and Challenges (Diversity in Higher Education, Vol. 12), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 161-183. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3644(2012)0000012011
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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