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Australian enrolment trends in technology and engineering: putting the T and E back into school STEM

Broadening participation in STEM

Kennedy JP, Lyons T, Quinn F.
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JP Kennedy, F Quinn, T Lyons - International Journal of Technology and …, 2018 - Springer

There has been much political and educational focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in Australian schools in recent years and while there has been significant research examining science and mathematics enrolments in senior high school, little is...

The rise of oxygen in Earth's early ocean and atmosphere

Build and Broaden 3.0 AND Program Evaluation

Lyons TW, Planavsky NJ.
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TW Lyons, CT Reinhard, NJ Planavsky - Nature, 2014 - nature.com

The rapid increase of carbon dioxide concentration in Earth's modern atmosphere is a matter of major concern. But for the atmosphere of roughly two-and-half billion years ago, interest centres on a different gas: free oxygen (O 2) spawned by...

Teachers' motivations for working in rural schools

Science teachers

Lyons T.
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T Lyons - Improving equity in rural education: Proceedings of the …, 2009 - researchgate.net

This paper reports on the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data concerning Australian teachers' motivations for taking up, remaining in, or leaving teaching positions in rural and …

Different countries, same science classes: Students' experiences of school science in their own words

science curriculum

Lyons T.
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T Lyons - International journal of science education, 2006 - Taylor & Francis

This paper reviews the remarkably similar experiences of school science reported by high school students in Sweden, England, and Australia. It compares student narratives from …

High School Students' Perceptions of School Science and Science Careers: A Critical Look at a Critical Issue

Science and underrepresentation

Lyons T, Quinn F.
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F Quinn, T Lyons - Science Education International, 2011 - ERIC

… , and rated their ability in science compared to others in their … likely I will choose a science-related university course when I … for school science and awareness from school science of …

A study examining change in underrepresented student views of engineering as a result of working with engineers in the elementary classroom

Science and underrepresented

Lyons J, Thompson S.
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S Thompson, J Lyons - 2005 Annual Conference, 2005 - peer.asee.org

… not contain a majority of underrepresented minority students. … Concurrently, the number of underrepresented US minorities … ) obtaining degrees in science, technology, engineering or …

Choosing Science: Understanding the declines in senior high school science enrolments

technology education

Lyons T, Quinn F.
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T Lyons, F Quinn - 2010 - eprints.qut.edu.au

'Choosing Science'reports on the most thorough study yet undertaken in Australia to investigate Year 10 students' decisions about whether to take science subjects. The study …

The influence of school science teachers: the differential importance attributed by males and females to encouragement from science teachers

Science and underrepresentation

Lyons T, Quinn F, Wilson S.
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S Wilson, T Lyons, F Quinn - World Conference on Science …, 2013 - rune-uat.une.edu.au

… science and mathematics courses in Australian schools, and underrepresentation of females in some science, … The Interests and Recruitment in Science (IRIS) project is an international …

Rural first year university science students: As engaged, aspirational and motivated as anyone but different science'choices' in Year 12 and university

pipeline programs

Lyons T, Quinn F.
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F Quinn, T Lyons - Australian and International Journal of …, 2016 - journal.spera.asn.au

This paper reports on findings from the Interests and Recruitment in Science study, which explored the experiences of first year students studying science, technology, engineering …

A profile of financially at‐risk college students

college

Lyons AC.
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AC Lyons - Journal of consumer affairs, 2004 - Wiley Online Library

… A Profile of Financially At-Risk College Students Using a random sample of college students, this study identifies the factors that significantly affect the probability a college student is …

Starting out in STEM: A study of young men and women in first year science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses

STEM and women

Hubber P, Lyons T, Quinn F, Rizk N.
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T Lyons, F Quinn, N Rizk, N Anderson, P Hubber… - 2012 - dro.deakin.edu.au

… and experiences of young women in courses such as physics… STEM courses so far. It is hoped that their contributions will help improve recruitment, retention and gender equity in STEM …

Participation in science and technology: young people's achievement‐related choices in late‐modern societies

Science education

Bøe MV, Henriksen EK, Lyons T.
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MV Bøe, EK Henriksen, T Lyons… - Studies in Science …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis

Young people's participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is a matter of international concern. Studies and careers that require physical sciences and …

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