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Sutton, Kate – Primary Science, 2020
Making learning relevant and encouraging an interest in STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math] subjects, as well as introducing and engaging initial thoughts and a wider understanding about future careers, could be pivotal in the endeavour to address the STEM skills gap in the UK [United Kingdom]. On the current trajectory, many females…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Stereotypes, Gender Bias, Foreign Countries
Kumar, Rashmi – Childhood Education, 2016
Policymakers and educators emphasize science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction as key to individuals' and nations' future economic prosperity. It can be considered to be of particular value to students in developing countries and for disadvantaged students in developed countries. As families play a critical role in a…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, STEM Education, Children, Parent Role
Ward, LaWanda – New Directions for Higher Education, 2008
Studies have documented the increased number of women faculty in the academy; however in areas that are historically male dominated--law, medicine, and engineering--the numbers remain dismal. This article describes the real situation of female professors in the academic disciplines of law, medicine, and engineering. This article also provides…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, Females, Medicine, Engineering Education
Collins, Jill – Education in Science, 2012
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is a public sector organisation, operating at the leading edge of technology and with a 38,000 strong workforce deployed at locations in the UK and overseas. Around 50% of its personnel are technically employed and 40% of all annual vacancies are for the technically competent. Currently, 13.5% of the workforce is female.…
Descriptors: Technical Occupations, Role Models, Females, Sex Role
Carnes, Molly; Devine, Patricia G.; Isaac, Carol; Manwell, Linda Baier; Ford, Cecelia E.; Byars-Winston, Angela; Fine, Eve; Sheridan, Jennifer – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2012
The National Science Foundation and others conclude that institutional transformation is required to ensure equal opportunities for the participation and advancement of men and women in academic science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). Such transformation requires changing the habitual attitudes and behaviors of…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Intervention, Organizational Change, Sex Fairness