High School Is Not Too Late: Developing Girls' Interest and Engagement in Engineering Careers.

Autor/inn/en	Bystydzienski, Jill M; Eisenhart, Margaret; Bruning, Monica
Titel	High School Is Not Too Late: Developing Girls' Interest and Engagement in Engineering Careers.
Quelle	In: The Career development quarterly, (2015) 1, S.88-95 PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2); PDF als Volltext (3) Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-7764
DOI	10.1002/j.2161-0045.2015.00097.x
Schlagwörter	Minority girls; Engineering; STEM career counseling; United States; Elementary schools; Career development; Education; Educational technology; Analysis; Methods; Students; Innovations; Smartphones; Secondary schools; Advisors; Careers; African Americans; Studies; STEM education; Data analysis; Mentors; Mathematics education; Science education; Low income groups; Hispanic Americans; Native North Americans; Girls
Abstract	Although experts increasingly call for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education to begin in middle and elementary schools, a 3‐year intervention beginning with high‐achieving female high school sophomores demonstrated that young women can develop a serious interest in engineering in high school. However, subsequent post‐high school study of the participants showed that interest in engineering was not enough for lower‐income minority women to pursue engineering in college. It should be noted that their decision against pursuing engineering in college was not due to their lack of academic preparation or interest in the field, but to a lack of financial resources and social support for engineering, as well as fears of failure. Career counselors and college recruiters have an important role to play in the recruitment and retention of girls of color in engineering and other STEM college majors, including facilitating support and access to appropriate programs and resources at pivotal times.
Erfasst von	OLC
Update	2022/1/02