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Analysis of Factors Influencing Library-Based STEM Education for Female Students in the Digital Intelligence Age: Research on the Practice Exploration of Public Libraries in Hangzhou Area

  • Li Lingli ,
  • Wu Xinnian
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  • 1 Hangzhou Public Library, Hangzhou 310016;
    2 Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000;
    3 Department of Information Resources Management, School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
Li Lingli,librarian,master;Wu Xinnian,researcher,PhD,doctoral supervisor,corresponding author,E-mail:wuxn@lzb.ac.cn.

Received date: 2024-06-06

  Revised date: 2024-09-18

  Online published: 2025-03-24

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] In the digital intelligence era, libraries generally carry out various STEM education projects, but their attention to gender differentiation in STEM education is relatively low, and there are fewer STEM education projects for girls. This paper empirically investigates the factors that affect libraries’ implementation of STEM education for girls. [Method/Process] Based on theoretical analysis, expert consultation, and a pilot survey, four levels of influencing factors (including personal internal factors, external factors, library institution factors, and project implementation factors) were determined. A formal questionnaire was developed, and conducted in a large-scale survey. [Result/Conclusion] Using SPSS 26 software for statistical analysis, descriptive analysis shows a lower penetration rate of library STEM education programs in female households. Differential analysis indicates that there are differences in the understanding of multiple influencing factors among girl’s parents as the research objects. However, there is no group difference in the understanding of the problem between the STEM subject affiliation and whether the survey subjects are librarians. Binary logistic regression analysis identifies being a girl’s parent, STEM learning enthusiasm and interest, institutional inclusivity, and teaching methods as the main influencing factors. Finally, it proposes some suggestions from library promotion, institutional inclusiveness, teaching methods, and parent education.

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Li Lingli , Wu Xinnian . Analysis of Factors Influencing Library-Based STEM Education for Female Students in the Digital Intelligence Age: Research on the Practice Exploration of Public Libraries in Hangzhou Area[J]. Library and Information Service, 2025 , 69(7) : 102 -115 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2025.07.009

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