We previously proposed that science capital (science‐related forms of cultural and social capital) can be used as a theoretical lens for explaining the patterned nature of aspirations and educational participation among young people aged 11–16. Building on these findings, the present article investigates whether science capital is related to post‐18 aspirations to pursue further STEM study and whether science capital can be extended to related disciplines including engineering, maths and technology. Specifically, we report on correlational analyses exploring the relationships between science, technology, engineering and maths attitudes and science capital. Drawing on data from a new survey of 7,013 17/18 year old English secondary school students, analyses showed that science capital, while strongly related to engineering and physical science future study aspirations, was not strongly related to the pursuit of either maths or technology postsecondary study. The findings also suggest that engineering and maths attitudes have a stronger relationship to science capital than attitudes relating to technology. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of these findings and propose that science capital might be more usefully applied to “SEM,” with links to technology fields and aspirations needing further exploration.

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科学资本还是STEM资本？探索17/18岁年轻人中科学资本与技术，工程，数学愿望和态度之间的关系

我们以前曾建议，科学资本（与科学有关的文化和社会资本形式）可以用作解释11至16岁年轻人渴望和教育参与的模式性质的理论镜头。在这些发现的基础上，本文研究科学资本是否与18世纪后继续进行STEM研究的愿望有关，以及科学资本是否可以扩展到工程，数学和技术等相关学科。具体而言，我们报告了相关性分析，探讨了科学，技术，工程和数学态度与科学资本之间的关系。根据对7013名17/18岁英语中学学生进行的新调查得出的数据，分析表明，科学资本，虽然与工程和物理科学的未来学习愿望密切相关，但与追求数学或技术的专上学习无关。研究结果还表明，工程和数学态度与科学资本的关系比与技术态度的关系更强。我们在最后对这些发现的含义进行了讨论，并提出科学资本可能更有用地应用于“ SEM”，并与技术领域和需要进一步探索的愿望联系在一起。