Science Talent and Unlimited Devotion: An Investigation of the Dynamics of University Students’ Science Identities Through the Lens of Gendered Conceptualisations of Talent

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Science Talent and Unlimited Devotion : An Investigation of the Dynamics of University Students’ Science Identities Through the Lens of Gendered Conceptualisations of Talent. / Holmegaard, Henriette Tolstrup; Johannsen, Bjørn Friis.

Science Identities: Theory, method and research. ed. / Henriette Tolstrup Holmegaard; Louise Archer. Cham : Springer, 2023. p. 113-140 (Contributions from Science Education Research, Vol. 12).

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Harvard

Holmegaard, HT & Johannsen, BF 2023, Science Talent and Unlimited Devotion: An Investigation of the Dynamics of University Students’ Science Identities Through the Lens of Gendered Conceptualisations of Talent. in HT Holmegaard & L Archer (eds), Science Identities: Theory, method and research. Springer, Cham, Contributions from Science Education Research, vol. 12, pp. 113-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17642-5_6

APA

Holmegaard, H. T., & Johannsen, B. F. (2023). Science Talent and Unlimited Devotion: An Investigation of the Dynamics of University Students’ Science Identities Through the Lens of Gendered Conceptualisations of Talent. In H. T. Holmegaard, & L. Archer (Eds.), Science Identities: Theory, method and research (pp. 113-140). Springer. Contributions from Science Education Research Vol. 12 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17642-5_6

Vancouver

Holmegaard HT, Johannsen BF. Science Talent and Unlimited Devotion: An Investigation of the Dynamics of University Students’ Science Identities Through the Lens of Gendered Conceptualisations of Talent. In Holmegaard HT, Archer L, editors, Science Identities: Theory, method and research. Cham: Springer. 2023. p. 113-140. (Contributions from Science Education Research, Vol. 12). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17642-5_6

Author

Holmegaard, Henriette Tolstrup ; Johannsen, Bjørn Friis. / Science Talent and Unlimited Devotion : An Investigation of the Dynamics of University Students’ Science Identities Through the Lens of Gendered Conceptualisations of Talent. Science Identities: Theory, method and research. editor / Henriette Tolstrup Holmegaard ; Louise Archer. Cham : Springer, 2023. pp. 113-140 (Contributions from Science Education Research, Vol. 12).

Bibtex

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