Bringing girls and women into STEM?: Girls' technological activities and conceptions when participating in an all-girl technology camp

U Sultan, C Axell, J Hallström - … journal of technology and design education, 2024 - Springer
Bringing more girls and women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics,
STEM, is often highlighted as an aim in education and industry. A constantly growing body of …

Aligning engineering education for sustainable development through governance: The case of the International Center for Engineering Education in China

H Chen, S Wang, Y Li - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Engineering education plays a key role in the progress toward achieving the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). However, engineering education faces many challenges …

Solving ecological problems through physical computing to ensure gender balance in STEM education

G Stupurienė, T Jevsikova, A Juškevičienė - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Research and practice have shown that female students are less interested in engineering
and programming. This is related to gender stereotypes and technological self-efficacy …

Primary pathways: elementary pupils' aspiration to be engineers and STEM subject interest

J Edmonds, F Lewis, L Fogg-Rogers - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Across Europe, there is concern about the number and diversity of pupils taking study routes
leading to Engineering. There is growing evidence that these career choices begin to form at …

“It's not rocket science” and “It's not brain surgery”—“It'sa walk in the park”: prospective comparative study

I Usher, P Hellyer, KS Lee, R Leech, A Hampshire… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To compare cognitive testing scores in neurosurgeons and aerospace engineers
to help settle the age old argument of which phrase—“It's not brain surgery” or “It's not rocket …

Technical science capital in relation to how students manage within higher technical education

S Engström, J Blom - International Journal of Technology and Design …, 2023 - Springer
This study aims to understand how students manage higher technical education and
contribute to research on institutional culture, STEM education, and students' educational …

[PDF][PDF] Empowering engineering female students to improve retention and progression: A program evaluation study completed with bibliometric analysis

DA Shafiq, ASM Al-Obaidi, S Gunasagaran… - Indonesian Journal of … - researchgate.net
In Malaysia, recent statistics indicate that the number of women choosing engineering as a
degree is still not encouraging. Statistics data show that there is a slow increase in the …

A girl's gendered engagement in designing and building robots

SE Jung, K Lee - International Journal of Technology and Design …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Drawing on Bakhtin's (Discourse in the novel, University of Texas Press, 1981)
notions of dialogism and appropriation, this case study explored how a 5-year-old Latina …

Hack Along with Goldieblox: Gender messages in engineering Youtube videos for girls

E Blosser - Journal of Gender Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Women's underrepresentation in engineering in the United States is an ongoing area of
concern. Engineering is a predominantly male-dominated and masculine-identified field …

You Can Engineer It: Engineering Outreach for Females Aged 4–12

A McGreeghan - Engineering Proceedings, 2024 - mdpi.com
This document discusses a delivery method employed by South Eastern Regional College
(SERC) to provide engineering outreach opportunities for young females, funded by the …