Heather Burns Page (USA Baccalaureate School for Global Education)

Women and Girls in Stem Fields

A Reference Handbook

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Authoritative and engaging, this one-stop resource provides a valuable overview of the past, present, and future of women and girls in STEM fields"--

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Produktdetails

• Contemporary World Issues
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 162mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 604g
• ISBN-13: 9781440879906
• ISBN-10: 1440879907
• Artikelnr.: 69564987

Autorenporträt

Heather Burns Page has over twenty-four years of experience as a science educator and school leader in the New York City public schools and is the principal of a public IB World School in Queens. Heather earned her doctorate in science education from New York University, her research centered on developing teaching resources to encourage girls in science. As a recipient of the 2015 New York Times "Teachers Who Make a Difference" award, she strives to prepare students to be global citizens and environmental stewards who work to better themselves, their community, and the environment. Heather loves to explore nature through travel and has taken students to Eastern and Western Europe, South Pacific, Central and South America. Heather completed two global study programs in Africa with New York University and circumnavigated Iceland as a 2016 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow in collaboration with National Geographic.

Inhaltsangabe

1 BACKGROUND AND HISTORY History of Women and Girls in STEM Girls and STEM
Education in the United States Feminism and the Movement to Elevate Girls
and Women in STEM Policy Response to Gender Disparities in STEM Education
The Importance of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 STEM
Workforce in Modern Society Diversity of STEM Careers Women and the STEM
Workforce Recent Increase in the STEM Workforce Increasing Need for STEM
and Girls' and Women's Voices in STEM Background Needed for STEM Careers
Current State of Math and Science Education in the United States Shortage
of Qualified and Experienced Math and Science Teachers Role of Career and
Technical Education Higher Education and STEM Careers References 2
PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES, AND SOLUTIONS Introduction The STEM Gender Gap
STEM Participation Patterns in the United States Global Participation
Patterns in STEM Implications of Women's Low Participation in STEM Lack of
Talent, Innovation, and Creativity Women's Bodies and Experiences Not
Considered in Research Economic Loss for Women and Their Families Notion of
the Leaky STEM Pipeline Prepared for STEM but Not Choosing STEM Performance
on STEM-Related Achievement Measures Course Completion and Post-Secondary
Degree Attainment Girls' Attitudes Towards STEM Barriers to Girls' Progress
in STEM Education Lack of Early Exposure to STEM Presentation of STEM
Subjects in School Lack of Representation in STEM Curriculum Gender Bias in
School and Society Barriers to Women's Progress in STEM Careers Lack of
Role Models in STEM Unfavorable Work Environments in STEM Possible
Solutions Promote Awareness of Girls' and Women's Ability in STEM Improve
Elementary and Secondary STEM Education Increase Access to Role Models in
STEM Improve STEM Work Environments References 3 PERSPECTIVES Introduction
Seeking Belonging and Flourishing for Girls in High School Mathematics Dr.
Kiran Purohit Change the Story: Breaking Barriers One Opportunity at a Time
Tia Singh So You Think You Can Be an Engineer? The Mental Health Journey of
a Latina STEM Major Lilly Gonzalez Women in STEM: A Community with Good
Chemistry Emily Costa Following My Heart Led Me to the World of Beauty
Taylor Anderson Martin You're Not Alone!-Finding Social Support in
Male-Dominated Fields Dr. Kanan Patel-Coleman The Problem with Telling
Girls They Can Be Anything They Want When They Grow Up Lauren Johnston 4
PROFILES Organizations American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS) IF/THEN Ambassadors The American Association of University Women
(AAUW) Association for Women in Computing (AWC) Association for Women in
Science (AWIS) Association for Women in Math (AWM) Bridge to Enter Advanced
Mathematics (BEAM) Black Girls Code Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS)
Building Engineering & Science Talent (BEST) Caucus for Women in Statistics
Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists (COACh) Committee on the
Status of Women in Astronomy Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education
(EDGE) Girls Excelling in Math and Science (GEMS) Girlstart Girls Who Code
(GWC) Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) I Am a Scientist Latinas in STEM
National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) National Math and Science
Initiative (NMSI) The Scientista Foundation Inc. SEA Change SHINE for Girls
SISTER Society of Women Engineers (SWE) 1000 Girls, 1000 Futures UNESCO
Girls' and Women's Education in STEM Women in Ocean Science Women in STEM
(WiSTEM) People Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799) Frances Arnold (1956-)
Deborah Berebichez (1972-) Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1920) Dana Bolles
(1969-) Rachel Carson (1907-1964) Mary Cartwright (1900-1998) Marie Curie
(1867-1934) Marie M. Daly (1921-2003) Ana Roqué de Duprey (1853-1933)
Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1749) Sylvia A. Earle (1935-) Enheduanna
(2285-2250 BC) Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) Sophie Germain (1776-1831)
Jane Goodall (1934-) Euphemia Lofton Haynes (1890-1980) Victoria Herrmann
(1990-) Grace Hopper (1906-1992) Fern Hunt (1948-) Hypatia (335-415 BC)
Mary Jackson (1921-2005) Mae Jemison (1956-) Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)
Lataisia Jones (1988-) Susan La Flesche (1865-1905) Aisha K. Lawrey (1977-)
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) Shirley Malcolm (1946-) Barbara McClintock
(1902-1992) Lise Meitner (1878-1968) Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) Florence
Nightingale (1820-1910) Emmy Noether (1882-1935) Antonia Novello (1944-)
Ellen Ochoa (1958-) Sally Ride (1951-2012) Julia Robinson (1919-1985) Mary
Golda Ross (1908-2008) Reshma Saujani (1975-) Florence Seibert (1897-1991)
Mary Somerville (1780-1872) Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) Rae Wynn-Grant
(1985-) 5. Data and Documents Data Table 5.1. National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) STEM-related scores 2009-2019 Table 5.2 Trends
in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) science and math
scores for United States 2007-2019 Table 5.3 Programme for International
Student Assessment (PISA) science and math scales for United States
(students aged 15) 2009-2018 Figure 5.1 Undergraduate enrollment in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors, Fall 2020
Table 5.4 Bachelor's degrees awarded in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM), 2011-2019 Table 5.5 Master's degrees awarded in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), 2011-2019 Table
5.6 Doctoral degrees awarded in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM), 2011-2019 Figure 5.2 Science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) workforce in the United States, 2019 Figure 5.3
Women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce
in the United States 2019 Documents "The Need of Women in Science," Speech
by Maria Mitchell (1876) National Defense Education Act, Public Law 85-864
by U.S. Congress (1958) Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972,
Public Law 92-318 by U.S. Congress (1972) "A Nation at Risk: The Imperative
for Educational Reform," Report of the United States National Commission on
Excellence in Education (1983) "We Must Ensure That Women's Participation
in Innovation Is Not the Exception, but Become the Norm," Speech by Lakshmi
Puri (2017) "Achieving the Promise of a Diverse Workforce," Testimony of
Mae Jemison (2019) Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in
Education Act of 2021 (2021) 6. Resources Books Articles and Reports
Graphic Novels and Plays Non-Print Resources 7. Chronology Glossary Index
About the Author