Gender Equity Issues in CTE and STEM Education: Economic and Social Implications

Autor/in	Toglia, Thomas V.
Titel	Gender Equity Issues in CTE and STEM Education: Economic and Social Implications
Quelle	In: Tech Directions, 72 (2013) 7, S.14-17 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-9351
Schlagwörter	Vocational Education; STEM Education; Sex Fairness; Females; Nontraditional Occupations; Enrollment Trends; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Gender Discrimination; Career Choice; Influences; Equal Education; Disproportionate Representation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; STEM; Sexualaufklärung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Non-traditional occupations; Alternatives Berufsfeld; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor
Abstract	Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 has significant implications for gender equity in career and technical education (CTE) and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs--and the relatively low number of women and girls pursuing nontraditional careers has significant economic and social implications. From an economic perspective, the traditional female careers into which significant numbers of girls are directed pay substantially lower wages than nontraditional fields. For example, in the field of cosmetology, in which girls represent 98% of the students, workers typically earn a median wage of $9.52 per hour, yet in the electricians' field, in which girls comprise only 6% of students, the median earnings are more than twice as much, at $20.33 per hour (National Women's Law Center, 2005). In terms of social consequences of gender inequity, for example, Daines, Hartenstein, and Birch (2000) state that the lack of access to work and education or training opportunities for women "is a societal problem that results in underdeveloped human resources....It also limits a nation's development, for a nation's ability to have a healthy economy directly relates to developing its human resources" (p. 22). Strategies that could broaden the scope of nontraditional opportunities for girls and women are offered. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10