RT Journal Article
T1 Gender equality in 5-to 6-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypes
A1 Romero-Abrio, Ana
A1 Ramos-Alonso, Raquel
A1 Hurtado-Bermúdez, Santiago
K1 Science career
K1 Gender stereotypes
K1 Preschool
K1 Physics
K1 Gender equality
AB Science competencies acquired at early years are basic and influence on children’s later development. Gender differences in these early science competencies may explain the often-reported gender differences in later science abilities. Research in this field was not usually focused on pre-schoolers. In this study, we focus on the interaction between five- to six-year-old pre-schoolers and a researcher while they work on tasks about physics and astronomy in three experiments. Participants were five- to six-year-old children attending preschool in Sevilla (Spain) representing the full range of socioeconomic backgrounds. Over the course of experiments, an increase in the students’ number of right answers occurred. Results supported that pre-schoolers’ early science competencies are characterized by gender equality and do not explain later-reported gender differences. However, the findings showed that girls are not inclined towards scientific careers, even if they have the same scientific performance as boys.
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2021
FD 2021-06-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22662
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22662
LA en
NO Romero-Abrio, A., Ramos-Alonso, R., & Hurtado-Bermúdez, S. (2021). Gender equality in five- to six-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypes. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 29(4), 479–500. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2021.1941165
NO Departamento e Educación y Psicología Social. Universidad Pablo de Olavide
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026