The Jason Project Experience and
Attitudes Toward Science as an Enterprise and Career (back)

Bazler, Judith and et al. (1993). The Jason Project Experience and Attitudes Toward Science as an Enterprise and Career. Journal of Career Development, 20, 101-120.

Some quotes:

“Interdisciplinary efforts that combine the talents of professionals will be required if progress is to continue in our ability to reverse the declining interest in science. (p.102)

The Jason Project seeks to improve science attitudes of teachers and students in grades 4-12 through “telepresence,” the use of telecommunication technology to create a simulated presence at a remote site.

The research finds that the Jason Project increase students’ positive attitudes toward science learning. The research data confirm that “the beneficial effects of a comprehensive science interest enhancement such as the Jason experience for students and their teachers, and as a springboard for more systematic and analytic studies of both
telepresence as a teaching method, and the development of science attitude and career preferences.(p.111)