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What Matters to Girls in STEM

What Matters to Girls in STEM. Margaret Eisenhart School of Education University of Colorado Boulder. 1. Provide Information about Possibilities in STEM Need for more people and more diverse people in STEM, especially engineering and information technology STEM jobs are good jobs

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What Matters to Girls in STEM

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  1. What Matters to Girls in STEM Margaret Eisenhart School of Education University of Colorado Boulder

  2. 1. Provide Information about Possibilities in STEM • Need for more people and more diverse people in STEM, especially engineering and information technology • STEM jobs are good jobs • STEM jobs are available jobs

  3. Encourage Extensive Exploration of STEM • Girls need to know about the range and variety in STEM. • Girls need to see STEM as exciting and cutting-edge. • Girls need to know that work in STEM “helps people.”

  4. Encourage STEM in Girls’ Friendship Groups • Have girls do STEM together in fun activities with their friends • Girls’ friendship groups can counter the stereotyping pressures of youth culture

  5. 4. Provide On-going, Consistent Parental Support for Girls in STEM • Social pressures make STEM a hard sell to girls; be consistently supportive • Fathers’ or adult males’ support especially important for girls in STEM

  6. 5. Support Transition from High School to College 6. Support Transition to Work and Family Be alert for last-minute decisions against STEM at these junctures.

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