Modifying or Affirming Pathways Through Science: Science Identity and Social Agency

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Abstract

This paper seeks to build on research on science identity to help explain how underrepresented students in science majors navigate their educational trajectories based on their views of self and views of the utility of their field of study to match with aspirations associated with vocation and with social agency.

Author

• David Segura, University of Illinois at Chicago