Encouraging Girls into Science and Technology with Feminine Role Model: Does This Work?

Autor/in	Bamberger, Yael M.
Titel	Encouraging Girls into Science and Technology with Feminine Role Model: Does This Work?
Quelle	In: Journal of Science Education and Technology, 23 (2014) 4, S.549-561 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-0145
DOI	10.1007/s10956-014-9487-7
Schlagwörter	Females; Womens Education; Career Choice; STEM Education; Program Effectiveness; Grade 9; Single Sex Schools; Secondary School Students; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Pretests Posttests; Questionnaires; Observation; Focus Groups; Student Attitudes; Scientists; Engineering; Attitude Change; Foreign Countries; Role Models; Professional Personnel; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; STEM; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Sekundarschüler; Fragebogen; Beobachtung; Schülerverhalten; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Maschinenbau; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Ausland; Identifikationsfigur; Personalbestand
Abstract	This study examines the effect of a program that aimed to encourage girls to choose a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career in Israel. The program involved school visits to a high-tech company and meeting with role model female scientists. Sixty ninth-grade female students from a Jewish modern-orthodox single-sex secondary school in the same city as the company participated in the study. The control group contained 30 girls from the same classes who did not participate in the program. Data were collected through pre-post questionnaires, observations, and focus group interviews. It was analyzed for three main themes: perceptions of scientists and engineers, capability of dealing with STEM, and future career choice. Findings indicated respect toward the women scientists as being smart and creative, but significant negative change on the perceptions of women scientists/engineers, the capability of dealing with STEM, and the STEM career choices. Possible causes for these results are discussed, as well as implications for education. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10