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What Works for Girls in Out-of-School STEM? Presented at The CoCo STEM Kick-Off Conference

What Works for Girls in Out-of-School STEM? Presented at The CoCo STEM Kick-Off Conference November 28, 2012 Heather Thiry , Ph.D. with Tim Archie, M.S. and Sandra Laursen , Ph.D University of Colorado, Boulder. This work is supported by NSF (DRL-1010953). Overview.

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What Works for Girls in Out-of-School STEM? Presented at The CoCo STEM Kick-Off Conference

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  1. What Works for Girls in Out-of-School STEM? Presented at The CoCo STEM Kick-Off Conference November 28, 2012 Heather Thiry, Ph.D. with Tim Archie, M.S. and Sandra Laursen, Ph.D University of Colorado, Boulder This work is supported by NSF (DRL-1010953)

  2. Overview • Why are out-of-school time (OST) venues ideal places for girls to engage with STEM? • What is happening in the national landscape of OST STEM programs? What should be happening?

  3. Barriers for Girls and Women in STEM Recruitment issues: • Stereotypes and cultural expectations • Lack of role models • Lack of encouragement • Retention issues: • Work-life balance • Isolation • Bias and discrimination

  4. Why is Out-of-School Time (OST) Science Good for Girls? • Challenge assumptions about who can be a scientist and what it means to do science (Calabrese Barton & Tan, 2010; Rahm, 2008) • Spark interest and engagement (Freidman & Quinn, 2006) • Provide support; relationships with adults (Fadigan & Hammrich, 2004; Walker, Wahl & Rivas, 2005) Before After

  5. What are kids doing in OST STEM programs and who is participating? Mapping Out-of-School Time Science (MOST-Science) • Survey of over 400 OST-STEM programs serving older youth • Over 50 interviews with leaders in the OST STEM field

  6. Girls are well represented in OST STEM programs

  7. Who is being recruited into OST STEM?

  8. What strategies work for recruiting girls? (NSF ATE survey results, 2008)

  9. Recruiting and Retaining Underrepresented Minorities (Martinez et al, 2012)

  10. Recruiting and Retaining Students with Disabilities (Martin et al., 2011)

  11. What works for girls in OST STEM programs? • Cooperative learning • Hands-on learning • Real-world problems or context • Exposure to STEM Careers • Peer and adult role models • Youth development framework

  12. Many programs follow best practices for learning in out-of-school time

  13. Girls and out-of-school science • What is working? Best practices are being utilized by many programs • What isn’t working? Students with disabilities are underserved in OST STEM • How do we increase the participation of girls and minorities? Developing community partnerships, involving families, and providing financial resources

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