Autori
Di Tommaso, Maria LauraAddabbo, TindaraMaccagnan, AnnaTitolo
Education capability: a focus on gender and science.Periodico
Università degli studi di Torino. Dip. Di Economia e Statistica Cognetti de Martiis. Working paper seriesAnno:
2014 - Volume:
10 - Fascicolo:
33 - Pagina iniziale:
1 - Pagina finale:
29The focus of the paper is on the measurement of science education capability with a gender perspective.
Measuring science education capability implies going beyond the measurement of children test scores.
In the capability approach, we aim at the real opportunities that children can develop later in life and therefore
it is important to include some measures of non-cognitive skills. We utilize, therefore, different indicators in
addition to test scores in science: enjoyment in science, interest in science, general and personal values of science,
self - confidence in performing science related tasks, awareness and perception of environmental issues, and
responsibility for sustainable development.
We utilize the 2006 PISA survey for Italian 15 year old children because it contains a particular focus on science
and we estimate a Structural Equation Model to take into account that capabilities are latent constructs of which
we only observe some indicators. We also investigate the determinants of children’s science education capability in
Italy taking into account household, individual and school factors.
Results confirm that boys outperform girls in science education capability. Our theoretical construct for the science
education capability confirms that all the indicators are relevant to measure this capability.
School activities to promote sciences improve girls’ capability and interactive methods of teaching improve both
girls and boys capability. The household educational resources and the household educational possession are also
positively correlated with girls’ and boys’ science education capability.
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