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Confirming the legitimacy of female participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) : evaluation of a UK STEM initiative for girls
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Watermeyer, Richard (2012) Confirming the legitimacy of female participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) : evaluation of a UK STEM initiative for girls. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 33 (5). pp. 679-700. doi:10.1080/01425692.2012.678751 ISSN 0142-5692.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2012.678751
Abstract
This paper offers a study of a Saturday science-activity club for young secondary school aged girls, in Cardiff, UK. It provides a critical analysis of interactions between group participants and their mentors in building an equitable and experiential learning zone for the promotion of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as subject and occupational choices. This study explores how science outreach programmes for young women represent a form of gender re-education, reconfiguring and redefining gender identities in science. We consider how an informal, experiential learning programme scaffolds female learners in discovering the confidence to negotiate multiple iterations of STEM, and in developing an ability to celebrate gender difference and the multiple roles of women to science.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education Q Science > Q Science (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Science -- Study and teaching -- Cardiff (Wales) -- Case studies, Women | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Sociology of Education | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 0142-5692 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2012 | ||||||
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Volume: | 33 | ||||||
Number: | 5 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 22 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 679-700 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/01425692.2012.678751 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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