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Fostering Women in STEM through Engaging Projects

Explore projects like Diana’s nail polish device and Lilypad Arduino that spark interest in STEM among women. Learn the impact of service learning and find support links to empower females in engineering and computer science.

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Fostering Women in STEM through Engaging Projects

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  1. A glance at interesting projects Morgan Hynes, Ph.D. Tufts CEEO June 2, 2009

  2. Context

  3. Diana’s nail polish device • This related directly to her experience in the world • Addressed a problem she was having • Worked after school with her teacher one-on-one • Participated in a city-wide competition

  4. Women in Engineering and Computer Science • http://wcs.csc.uvic.ca/

  5. Lilypad Arduino • Programmable textiles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtNEPkwCfxA

  6. Service learning Teaching and learning that combines academics with meaningful service • Tufts 30% undergrads female/60% STOMP participants female • Purdue 11% undergrads female/20% EPICS participants female • UMass-Lowell 12.5% female/38% Service learning Peru program female

  7. Support

  8. Links • http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/ • http://aspire.swe.org/ • www.engineergirl.org • www.girlsgotech.org • www.girlscouts.org/program • http://educate.intel.com/en/DesignDiscovery/ • www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dougproj/DPPreCollege.html • http://aceop.wvstateu.edu/castem/epscor/pre-college-math-science-institute-program?phpMyAdmin=502a7ff0cdb9aa5a30eced9a86a96038 • http://www.girlsinc.org/about/programs/operation-smart.html • http://www.nerdgirls.com/ • http://wcs.csc.uvic.ca/

  9. Research

  10. What works? • Open-ended, contextual discussions (Stadler, Duit, & Benkes, 2000) • Helping people, animals, society, environment, etc (Haussler & Hoffman, 2002; Mann, 1994; Stadler et al., 2000) • Higher percentage of women in life sciences, biomedical and environmental and other engineering/science related to the human body, environment, and society (NSF, 2008) ?

  11. Why it works? • Learning in context? • Relational learning ? • Relevant learning? • Engaging?

  12. CEEO Research • References/statements about the client • Women 17 per design session • Men 8 per design session • References/statements about limitations of prototype design materials • Men 15 per design session • Women 3 per session

  13. Research in your classroom

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