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Education and outreach

Education and outreach

How we can widen career aspirations for the next generation

04 Mar 2021
Taken from the March 2021 issue of Physics World.

As children narrow down their career interests from an early age, Carol Davenport says it is important that they are brought up with a positive attitude towards science

teacher reading to primary-age pupils
Early years Children can rule out careers in science at a very young age if they are not introduced – for instance through picture books – to the idea that science can be done by people like them. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Monkey Business Images)
Think back to your childhood. What did you want to be when you grew up? In primary school I wanted t

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Carol Davenport is an associate professor at Northumbria University, UK, and director of NUSTEM, e-mail carol.davenport@northumbria.ac.uk
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