T Keane, T Linden, S Snead - 2022 - minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au

Engaging Primary Girls in STEM: Best practice implementation, innovations, and gaps in Victorian classrooms. Swinburne University of Technology.

STEM and girls

Keane, Linden

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Excerpt

The case for increasing girls' and women's interest and uptake in STEM careers has been clearly outlined and resonated with educators, industry, and policy makers in Australia. International research has found that girls have a natural interest in STEM related subjects and activities. However, girls' interest in STEM is found to diminish, or be abandoned, as girls age. This is partly due to cultural and gender-based stereotypes which manifest in media and popular culture portrayals of STEM, messaging about STEM from parents, and …