Good starting point

One of my goals for this year is to incorporate more research for the students about what actual scientists are like. My school is purchasing some books about different careers for the stud... See More

One of my goals for this year is to incorporate more research for the students about what actual scientists are like. My school is purchasing some books about different careers for the students to investigate. This article is about entertainment research that I know that students can get behind and interested. Does anyone have any other suggestions of television programs to watch?

Academically focused

This article focuses on gaining a better understanding of how middle school students perceive television depictions of scientists. The only thing that might be surprising in this article is ... See More

This article focuses on gaining a better understanding of how middle school students perceive television depictions of scientists. The only thing that might be surprising in this article is that female students have higher levels of wishful identification with male and female scientists portrayed in television shows. I felt that the article could have perhaps described how teachers could help students correct some of the misconceptions about scientists in the programming. Also, it is apparent that female students do have interest in science at a young age, but must lose some connection during the ensuing years. From the point of view of an academic article, the article did an adequate job of summarizing and explaining the research, but from the practitioner's point of view, there was not a lot to inform practice.