Fulfilling the Promise of Equal Opportunity for Women in Physics, Math, and Computer Science

Autor/in	Johnson, Angela
Titel	Fulfilling the Promise of Equal Opportunity for Women in Physics, Math, and Computer Science
Quelle	(2017), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Equal Education; Access to Education; Females; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Physics; College Mathematics; Computer Science Education; STEM Education; Bachelors Degrees; Cultural Differences; Whites; Gender Differences; Advantaged; Liberal Arts; Graduation Rate; Departments; Majors (Students); Teacher Role; Social Action; Disproportionate Representation; Social Attitudes; School Culture; Social Justice; Feminism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Weibliches Geschlecht; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Physik; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; STEM; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Kultureller Unterschied; White; Weißer; Geschlechterkonflikt; Department; Abteilung; Lehrerrolle; Soziales Handeln; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Feminismus
Abstract	Women are under-represented in physics, math and computer science. Intersectional analyses show why: Because the norms of typical departments fit the cultural skills of affluent White male students. This project, an ethnography of a liberal arts college with lots of women in these majors, is grounded in the activist roots of intersectionality. The cultural norms of these departments are very different from what other ethnographers of university STEM have found. They include: work hard and practice; work together; be friendly. Professors actively establish these norms and also take feminist, anti-racist public stances. The author uses intersectionality not only to show why these departments are good places for women but to point to actions STEM faculty can take. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01