The influence of professors on students enrolled in the stem programs with the intent of embarking on stem careers

  • Jing Li
  • , Paige K. Evans
  • , Cheryl J. Craig
  • , Donna W. Stokes
  • , Rakesh Verma
  • , Gang Zhu

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Abstract

Scant attention has been paid to the influence of professors on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students’ learning and lives at the tertiary level. To fill this void, this chapter examines the influence of professors on students’ entering and remaining in the STEM disciplines and pursuing STEM careers within the context of six funded STEM grants in the southern United States. We examine professor-student interactions using the students’ storied experiences as the fodder for our narrative inquiry. We present narrative exemplars from which the following themes emerged: (1) agency as a student and agency as a human being, (2) development of students’ multilayered identities, and (3) professors’ engagement of themselves in their interactions with students. A discussion of learner-centeredness and professors’ professional development in higher education concludes this study of professors’ influence on students’ learning and intended careers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Research on Teaching
PublisherEmerald Group Holdings Ltd.
Pages159-177
Number of pages19
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Publication series

NameAdvances in Research on Teaching
Volume35
ISSN (Print)1479-3687

Keywords

  • Higher education
  • Learner-centeredness
  • Professor influence
  • STEM careers
  • STEM disciplines
  • Student learning and lives
  • TeachHOUSTON

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