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Perception of scientists. (Chung Wei Quan, 20, male)

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Perception of scientists. (Chung Wei Quan, 20, male)

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Description: The first scientist that came to my mind was Einstein. So I drew a picture based on him that's explain the hair and the lab coat.

Origin: I drew the scientist based on Einstein because I remember I read a comic about Einstein when I was a kid, and I found it very interesting because when Einstein was a kid he was not a genius in fact he had one of the worst result in his class that is abit similar to me so I can remember him very well.

Conclusion: I was surprised almost everyone drew a male scientist and almost all of them are wearing lab coat and holding some weird liquid in their hand. I think this is because of the image in some cartoon we watched when we were a kids had so much influence for the image in our mind.

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 Perceptions of a scientist (Theodora, Female, 21)

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 Perceptions of a scientist (Theodora, Female, 21)

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Description:

The first scientist I thought of was Albert Einstein. I drew a scientist in a lab wearing a coat and performing a science experiment. He has fuzzy hair, wearing safety glasses and closed in shoes and is working with a Bunsen burner. He examined the physical world using lab equipment.

Origin:

I remember talking about famous scientists during school science. I created an oral presentation about Albert Einstein and showed the class his famous equation E=mc2 and his theory of physics. I also remember performing science experiments on benches using Bunsen burners, flasks, tripods and looking through microscopes.

Conclusion:

Although my drawing does not depict a real scientist and could be perceived as a stereotypical scientist. Scientists research, conduct experiments and have expert knowledge in natural and physical sciences. They use their senses when solving science problems. Famous scientists such as Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton are still highly remembered for their significant contributions to science.

Anyone is free to use this image in their assignment.  I am a 21-year-old female studying a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Primary Education.

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Perceptions of a scientist (Sophie, Female, 21)

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Perceptions of a scientist (Sophie, Female, 21)

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Description:
Unconsciously, I drew a male scientist, who has curly hair and wears glasses. The question marks are my belief that scientists question themselves and try to find answers to their curiosity.

Origin:
The limited exposure to science as a subject at school influences my interpretation of what "a scientist" would look like. Gender bias has always been a big influence where i grow up, where certain careers, fields of professions are determined before we reach high school. The stereotypes that associate male with science related subjects, therefore, my image of a scientist depicted a male on the very first thought.

Conclusion:
Only after being pointed out that more than half of students drew a male scientist, with a typically similar look, had i realised my perception is shaped by what I am exposed to. When compared to other students who showed a rather unique portrayal of a scientist, it was interesting to see clearly how one's culture shapes one's thinking.

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Perceptions of a Scientist (Alexandra, Female, 20)

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Perceptions of a Scientist (Alexandra, Female, 20)

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Description:
When approaching this activity, the first thing that came to mind was to draw a male, dressed in a lab coat, holding a magnifying glass, surrounded by test tubes.

Origin:
I believe my drawing was influenced by the stereotype of what a scientist is. For me, that stereotype is a male scientist working in a lab with chemicals, much like what my high school science teacher looked like.

Conclusions:
After completing this activity, it was almost disheartening to see all the images that depicted men to be scientists, and very little images of women in the field. Obviously, there are many women who work (and are successful in) the field of science, however majority of peoples first instinct was to draw a male in a lab coat.

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Perceptions of a Scientist (Charlotte, Female, 18)

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Perceptions of a Scientist (Charlotte, Female, 18)

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Description- My drawing is simple with the distinguishing  white lab coat, goggles and beaker in hand.

Origin- I think this drawing is influenced by my year 7 science teacher as well as media and societal views (lab coat, goggles and beaker)

Conclusions-
After the activity and seeing others drawings I can see how narrow our views are on who scientists are and what they do.
I realise how important it is to reconsider these images and expand our thinking. For scientists are researchers,  investigators , Males, Females,  crazy and not so crazy haired, young and old and our perceptions of them are outdated!  You can use Charlotte Corkin's drawing for the EDUC 109 assignment 1

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Perception of a Scientist (Sophie, Female, 18)

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Perception of a Scientist (Sophie, Female, 18)

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Description:
What first came to mind when approaching this activity was a generalised representation of a scientist in an ordinary lab. The image is very stereotypical as the scientist is male, wearing a lab coat and other protective gear, and there is very basic scientific equipment in the room.

Origin:
This image represents activities and attire that I wore throughout high school in the science labs, and therefore my interpretation is most likely lifted from this personal experience. The male presence in the photo/in science arises from  older media and societal perspectives on the 'dominant' and 'important people' of society (AKA men).

Conclusions:
My depiction is completely stereotypical, and the longer I thought about it, the more i realised my image incorporates some truth of science in industry, but no where near all aspects of the area of profession. Science is much more expansive than what first meets the eye. There are many aspects, strands and careers in science that occur outside a lab. This includes data analysis, environmental scientists, and when you zoom in to a more specified job - a DNA analysts in the food industry looking into the prevalence and effects of GMOs.

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Perceptions of a Scientist (Georgia, Female 19)

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Perceptions of a Scientist (Georgia, Female 19)

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Description:
The type of scientist i drew was depicted as a 'mad scientist' he's male and has crazy hair and is holding a bubbling beaker in his hand. He's wearing a white lab coat, big dorky glasses and is a very stereotypical depiction of what a mad scientist would look like.

Origin:
I think the origin of this scientist comes from when i was back in primary school. Although my science teachers never looked like this, it is what we were unintentionally told a 'real' scientist would look like. I especially think i drew from the likes of Albert Einstein especially with his hair.

Conclusion:
my drawing is a very simple male 'mad' scientist. It's very westernised and very stereotyped. However it in no way represents the scientists of today and i think its important for us to teach children that scientists can look like everyday people and still be 'mad' scientists. I also think its important for us to teach children to drop the gender stereotype and teach them that science based subjects can also include females. It's alarming at how gender stereotyped the science industry is as even I (a female) went straight to a male scientist.

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Perceptions of a Scientist (Jennifer, Female, 20)

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Perceptions of a Scientist (Jennifer, Female, 20)

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Description: My drawing represents the idea of a stereotyped scientist that is hard working in a white laboratory. The scientist is conveyed to be wearing a white lab coat and safety googles, safety equipment must be worn always in the laboratory. He is also thinking about the chemical structure of the compound he is holding.

Origins: This picture of a scientist would fit in as an 'Adventure Time' character, as this particular style of drawing is like the artists' of that cartoon series. Another reason why I drew the scientist in such a way because I'm really interested in chemistry since I started high school. Science is important for a society to understand as it helps us in decision making and so on.

Conclusion: For example, everybody comes across this question of 'what kind of car should I buy?' From an environmental scientist's point of view, they would ask â€˜which car burns the cleanest fuel?' An exhaust gas is a gas emitted through a combustion process. It is a combination of many different gases: N2, NO, CO2, CO, H2O, O2 and occasionally soot (carbon) too. Some of these gases are considered harmful and major pollutants. Photochemical smog is a mixture of pollutants that are formed when nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds react to sunlight, creating a brown haze above towns. Photochemical smog, which over time, causes breathing difficulties in communities.

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Short Description: The scientist I drew was male in his mid 50's, had a moustache, wore glasses, wore a lab coat, and had pens in his pocket to always be recording his results and observations. His hair is curly and wild to depict that he is a "mad" Scientist.

Origins: The origins of my drawing stem from the well known scientist Albert Einstein. He was what I thought of when I was asked to draw, and hence why the features of the hair and moustache are in my drawing.

Conclusion:
It can be seen that my drawing is westernised and is stereotypical in the way of my scientist being male, is in his mid 50's, has wild hair, a lab coat, glasses and a moustache. This resembles Albert Einstein, and has close to no resemblance at all with scientists of today. Today there are more scientists that are female and younger, and are within environments and not just a lab.

Christine Atsalis (Female, 19)

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(Suri, Female, 18)

Description

The scientist in the picture that I draw is a female and performing the water-quality test. The tube which she is holding is the sample of water from the nearby river. Because it is an outdoor activities, this scientist wears waterproof gloves, sturdy shoes, goggles and cap instead of the white lab coat. The box on the ground contains several water-testing equipments.

Origin

The origin of this scientist comes from my high school chemistry textbook.  We learned a lot of knowledge about testing water quality by reading and seeing those pictures from my textbook.

Conclusion

I find that nearly all those scientists which these students in my tutorial class draw are all wear white lab coat, doing experiments in the lab and surrounded by various equipment – which might be most of students’ perceptions of scientist. However, that is just one part of their jobs. Scientists can also have some kinds of outdoor experiments, like going to the local river to test its water quality or testing the percentage of toxic gases within the air… Scientists are not just staying in the lab, they also need to go outside, observe the nature and figure out how to solve the problems which our environment is having now, which in turn, benefiting our lives.

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Perceptions of a Scientist (Nicholas, Male, 21)

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Perceptions of a Scientist (Nicholas, Male, 21)

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You are welcome to use my image for Task 1.
Description:
I immediately drew a scientist who was male in a long lab coat, with curly hair and glasses and seems quite old of age. There is also a flask and a magnifying glass in hand and in addition, I drew a microscope on a table in the background.

Origin:
For me, science was all about having a deeper look into something, which is why i suppose i drew my scientist with such utensils. Furthermore, I imagine a scientist as working in a lab with chemicals and making substances, thus I have included a flask.

Conclusion:
I now realise that many drawings were influenced by the stereotypical 'scientist', which is what has influenced my drawing too. It is hard to see that females are not equally recognised and is not what comes to mind when thinking about a scientist, as i believe there are just as many female scientist as there are well known male scientists.

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Perceptions of a Scientist. Alicia, 22, Major in Japanese Studies and Education

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Perceptions of a Scientist. Alicia, 22, Major in Japanese Studies and Education

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Description:
I drew a quite typical image of a scientist who is wearing a lab coat and glasses. They have bottles of chemicals in their pockets and are holding a test tube and a flask in their hands which is bubbling and smoking. Their hair is quite crazy, representing the theory of a 'crazy scientist who is so madly obsessed with science that they never eave the lab

Origin:
When I was asked to draw a scientist the first person who popped into my head was Albert Einstein. So immediately I went for the crazy hair. Another influence was my old chemistry teacher who was very much the definition of a 'crazy' scientist.

Conclusion:
In conclusion, my drawing is a very stereotypical image of a scientist, the crazy hair, the lab coat, the glasses, the chemicals, the fact that it's gender is male. These are all stereotypical traits that are thought of when anyone says scientist. However i think it is a good way to relate to scientists as it demonstrates their creativity and willingness to keep learning new things by asking questions and testing knew things, running experiments and making new theories. It is what science is all about.

Drawing by Alicia Gamper, you can use Alicia Gampers drawing for the EDUC 109 assignment 1

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My perceptions of a scientist (Faisal, Male 18)

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My perceptions of a scientist (Faisal, Male 18)

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Short Description: I drew a scientist teaching a class. We see the middle aged man looking at his writings on a whiteboard. On the left hand side of the drawing, there is a table with a thick book and chemicals sitting on top of it.

Origins: My drawing of the scientist stems from the stereotypical male who is either doing wild experiments or teaching a class. I mix both these stereotypes by showing the scientist teaching the class and the table with equipment ready to conduct an experiment.  My thoughts on what a scientist look like I think originate from images and documentaries I've seen of Albert Einstein teaching his class and showing amazing experiments.

Conclusion: My drawing combines different stereotypes often thought of when imagining scientists. Albert Einstein is a key influence in the scientist I drew. The crazy drawings on the whiteboard with the ingredients book and chemicals on the table shows this scientist does more than just draw, he is willing to carry out the most extreme experiments.  The chair left in the corner of the room reflects this scientists hands on approach, someone who does not like to take a backseat, but be involved in all the scientific action. While my drawing does cover many true points about scientists, it does not completely reflect the jobs scientists undertake which are left out of the spotlight.

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Perceptions of a scientist (Isaac, Male, 18)

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Perceptions of a scientist (Isaac, Male, 18)

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Description:
I drew a stereotypical image of a scientist based on all the science teachers I had at school, female, short hair, with glasses. The goggles and lab coat are what comes to mind when I think a science lab.

Origin:
scientists are stereotypically made out to be male, but my drawing is my stereotype of who I saw involved with science at my school, which were female teachers. After not having done science for the last year at school, all I can remember is wearing safety goggles, a lab coat and using microscopes and Bunsen burners.

Conclusion:
After having a look at all the other images bring drawn it is clear of the stereotypes of scientists and the type of people working in this field.
in my image it shows that peoples view of what a scientist looks like is based on other factors rather than social influences e.g. the teachers I had at school.
The image of glasses and a lab coat is hard to miss when talking about people the work in the field of science

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Short Description:

The picture I drew may be  a stereotype but its what first came to mind, it shows a scientist in the middle of her lab surrounded by equipment, posters on scientific discoveries and a whiteboard behind her filled with equations from different areas in Science.

Origin:

My drawing comes from a range of places, including ‘Bones’ a tv I frequently watch which mixes science with crime and from my own experiences in high school science and how the labs were designed and the equipment we frequently used.

Conclusion:

The picture I have drawn is very stereotypical and only focuses on a few areas that science vastly covers, in my picture I have got the typical drawings of microscopes, beakers, test-tubes, DNA strands and a poster of the periodic table. However scientist do so much more than work in labs alone, they go out and do research in the field, or who actually work out in the field such as anthropologists or entomologists who constantly work outside in the elements. My picture alone is based on my own experiences in a science lab and equipment I myself have used.

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Perceptions of a Scientist Lauren (Female, 22)

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Perceptions of a Scientist Lauren (Female, 22)

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Short Description:
My scientist was quite stereotypical. He had a lab coat, glasses and a clipboard for results. He was busy conducting an experiment.

Origins:
The idea of my scientist stems from television shows, movies and books. It also comes from my own experiences in high school science classes where we had to wear safety glasses and lab coats.

Conclusion:
Overall, it is clear that my scientist is very 'traditional' and follows the stereotype of a scientist. The fact that he is male is very telling and his clothing and equipment lines up with the ideas of experiments and chemical science and does not consider other areas of the discipline. His crazy hair somewhat resembles Albert Einstein, who of course is a very famous scientist. The fact that the 'typical' field is represented in my picture suggests that this is the most prominent or well known field, however, more research would suggest otherwise.