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Guest editorial : girls' and women's participation in STEM : past lessons and possible futures
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Watson, Penelope, Cooke, Audrey and Thornby, John Albert (2018) Guest editorial : girls' and women's participation in STEM : past lessons and possible futures. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 10 (2). pp. 193-195.
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Abstract
Although the presence of women and girls in many Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields has increased in recent decades, women remain underrepresented in STEM in comparison to men (Watt, 2010). Structures and processes that compromise women and girls’ entry to and advancement in STEM fields (e.g., cultural messages, see Halpern, Benbow, Geary, Gur, Hyde & Gernsbacher, 2007) appear to per sist despite historical evidence of female ability and competence in STEM (OECD, 2015). The current Special Issue 'Girls' and women's participation in STEM: Past lessons and possible futures’, foregrounds the need for vigilance in ensuring equitable STEM opportunities for women and girls, in the light of historical events. However, the Special Issue also reports evidence and approaches that offer forward momentum in addressing inequitable opportunity and promoting futures for women and girls, in a diversity of STEM fields.
Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Teacher Education (Aug 2017 -) |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Science -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain, Technology -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain, Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain, Engineering -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain, Women -- Education (Higher) -- Great Britain | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology | ||||||
Publisher: | Open University | ||||||
ISSN: | 2040-0748 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2018 | ||||||
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Volume: | 10 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 193-195 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 June 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 June 2018 | ||||||
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