I Need to See You to be You: Examining the Relevance of Role Modeling on Female STEM Career Choice
I Need to See You to be You: Examining the Relevance of Role Modeling on Female STEM Career Choice

Author: Cindy J. Lewis

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13:

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This study was conducted to analyze the effects of role modeling, connected curriculum and mentoring on females' choice of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) career fields. This study addresses the following questions; might role modeling, or lack thereof, affect females' career choices? Did respondents' experience a lack of connected curriculum in the classroom? What steps can be taken to encourage increased female participation in STEM? The purpose of this study was to establish the importance of increased female STEM role modeling and connected curriculum as a source of positive affirmation of girls STEM abilities and choices. The data analyzed were student responses to a survey conducted in three sections of a general studies university course. The survey was designed to measure student responses regarding the effects that mentoring, role modeling, and connected curriculum have on females' future STEM career choices. Results of this study demonstrated that role modeling and connected curriculum can influence students' career choice. Findings also indicated that connected curriculum, role models and mentoring had greater influence on female students' STEM interest than male students' STEM interests. Female student's interest in STEM, or lack thereof, were dramatically linked to exposure to, or lack thereof, the representation of females in STEM. A substantial proportion of the female survey population identified the need for early prominent exposure of students to female STEM role models as a method of connected curriculum.

Success with STEM
Success with STEM

Author: Sue Howarth

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-11-13

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 113473929X

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Success with STEM is an essential resource, packed with advice and ideas to support and enthuse all those involved in the planning and delivery of STEM in the secondary school. It offers guidance on current issues and priority areas to help you make informed judgements about your own practice and argue for further support for your subject in school. It explains current initiatives to enhance STEM teaching and offers a wide range of practical activities to support exciting teaching and learning in and beyond the classroom. Illustrated with examples of successful projects in real schools, this friendly, inspiring book explores: Innovative teaching ideas to make lessons buzz Activities for successful practical work Sourcing additional funding Finding and making the most of the best resources STEM outside the classroom Setting-up and enhancing your own STEM club Getting involved in STEM competitions, fairs and festivals Promoting STEM careers and tackling stereotypes Health, safety and legal issues Examples of international projects An wide-ranging list of project and activity titles Enriched by the authors’ extensive experience and work with schools, Success with STEM is a rich compendium for all those who want to develop outstanding lessons and infuse a life-long interest in STEM learning in their students. The advice and guidance will be invaluable for all teachers, subject leaders, trainee teachers and NQTs.

A Practical Guide to Teaching Science in the Secondary School
A Practical Guide to Teaching Science in the Secondary School

Author: Douglas P. Newton

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-11-16

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 1000773507

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A Practical Guide to Teaching Science in the Secondary School is designed to support student teachers as they develop their teaching skills and increase their broader knowledge and understanding for teaching science. It offers straightforward advice and inspiration on key topics such as planning, assessment, practical work, the science classroom, and on to the broader aspects of teaching science. This thoroughly updated second edition reflects on new expectations, requirements, and practices in science teaching, with chapters exploring key and contemporary topics such as: The nature of science and scientific argument The various kinds of thinking emphasised in science and how to exercise them How to engage students in learning Assessment for and of learning Diverse needs and how to meet them The use of technology to support teaching and learning Learning at a distance Designed to be used independently or alongside the popular textbook Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School, this book is packed with revised and updated case studies, examples of pupils' work, and resources and activities in every chapter. It provides everything trainee and early career teachers need to reflect on and develop their teaching practice, helping them to plan lessons across the subject in a variety of teaching situations.

The Underrepresentation of Women in Science: International and Cross-Disciplinary Evidence and Debate
The Underrepresentation of Women in Science: International and Cross-Disciplinary Evidence and Debate

Author: Stephen J. Ceci

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Published: 2018-04-20

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 2889454347

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There is no shortage of articles and books exploring women’s underrepresentation in science. Everyone is interested--academics, politicians, parents, high school girls (and boys), women in search of college majors, administrators working to accommodate women’s educational interests; the list goes on. But one thing often missing is an evidence-based examination of the problem, uninfluenced by personal opinions, accounts of “lived experiences,” anecdotes, and the always-encroaching inputs of popular culture. This is why this special issue of Frontiers in Psychology can make a difference. In it, a diverse group of authors and researchers with even more diverse viewpoints find themselves united by their empirical, objective approaches to understanding women’s underrepresentation in science today. The questions considered within this special issue span academic disciplines, methods, levels of analysis, and nature of analysis; what these article share is their scholarly, evidence-based approach to understanding a key issue of our time.

7th International Conference on Gender Research
7th International Conference on Gender Research

Author: Professor Carmen-Pilar Martí Ballester

Publisher: Academic Conferences and publishing limited

Published: 2024-04-25

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13: 1914587987

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These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 7th International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2024), hosted by The Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain on 25-26 April 2024. The Conference Chair was Professor Carmen-Pilar Martí Ballester, from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. ICGR is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 7th year the key aim of this diverse conference is to provide an opportunity for participants from different backgrounds and cultures to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers ensured an interesting two days. The subjects covered in these proceedings illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research.

Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Author: Ronald J. Burke

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1847206875

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Scientific and technological advances and innovations are critical to the economic performance of developed countries and the standard of living of the citizens. This book discusses the nature and size of the problem and shows why increasing the number of women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics industries is vital.

Creative Minds, Charmed Lives: Interviews At Institute For Mathematical Sciences, National University Of Singapore
Creative Minds, Charmed Lives: Interviews At Institute For Mathematical Sciences, National University Of Singapore

Author: Yu Kiang Leong

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2010-06-09

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9814464368

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This book features interviews of 38 eminent mathematicians and mathematical scientists who were invited to participate in the programs of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore. Originally published in its newsletter Imprints from 2003 to 2009, these interviews give a fascinating and insightful glimpse into the passion driving some of the most creative minds in modern research in pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics, economics and engineering.The reader is drawn into a panorama of the past and present developments of some of the ideas that have revolutionized modern science and mathematics. This book should be relevant to those who are interested in the history and psychology of ideas. It should provide motivation, inspiration and guidance to students who aspire to do research and to beginning researchers who are looking for career niches.For those who wish to be broadly educated, it is informative without delving into excessive technical details and is, at the same time, thought provoking enough to arouse their curiosity to learn more about the world around them.

The Psychoanalytic Study of Society, V. 17
The Psychoanalytic Study of Society, V. 17

Author: L. Bryce Boyer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-03-12

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1317737385

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In Volume 17, a series of critical appreciations of George and Louise Spindler's multidisciplinary contributions focus on homogeneity and heterogeneity in American cultural anthropology (S. Parman); the molding of American anthropology (M. Suarez); education (H. Trueba); and the uses of projective techniques in the field (R. Edgerton & G. DeVos). Additional topics include the primary process (M. Spiro); psychotherapy and culture (L. Bloom); unconscious aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict (A. Falk); and medieval messianism and Sabbatianism (W. Meissner).