Effects of Gender Differences on Adolescent Students’ Subject Preferences

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220704.003How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gender differences; Subject preference; STEM; Stereotypes; Adolescent students

Abstract

From the perspective of social discrimination, males are often perceived as more suitable gender groups for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) oriented majors, while females are more inclined to study arts and social science subjects. This review paper aims to identify how do gender differences influence adolescent students’ choice of majors in college according to their interest in a particular discipline. Through analyzing this gender stereotype, the paper will explore the biological differences between males and females, the educational environment, and the implication of the social environment. It is found that the educational environment has a large degree of influence on adolescents’ interests in selecting their subjects. In addition, the study will also analyze how gender affects the choice of preferred subjects, which can provide implications for future educational study.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Shengqun Gao
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/11
TI  - Effects of Gender Differences on Adolescent Students’ Subject Preferences
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 10
EP  - 13
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220704.003
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.003
ID  - Gao2022
ER  -