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Is a scientific career in agri-food considered viable for girls in secondary school?

Hyland, John
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Boyle, Catriona
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Ferguson, Eimear
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Women - careers, Science careers - women, Perceptions of students
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2023-12
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Food Marketing & Agri-Innovation
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http://hdl.handle.net/11019/3410
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John Hyland, Catriona Boyle, Eimear Ferguson. Is a scientific career in agri-food considered viable for girls in secondary school? Poster presented at Sci:Com 2023, Dublin, December 2023
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The Festival of Farming and Food 2022 was organised by Teagasc as part of Science Week. A key finding from the previous year’s evaluation of the event was that girls viewed science as a male-dominated career. Therefore, the 2022 festival was partially evaluated through a focus group (eight participants) with Transition Year (TY) students from an all-girls school who attended the Climate and Farming event at Teagasc Moorepark. The focus group with the TY students also served to investigate perceptions of girls towards science as a career path.
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