STEM Work Experience for Girls

Autor/in	Collins, Jill
Titel	STEM Work Experience for Girls
Quelle	In: Education in Science, (2012) 246, S.18-19 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1377
Schlagwörter	Technical Occupations; Role Models; Females; Sex Role; Work Experience; Recruitment; STEM Education; Foreign Countries; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Gender Bias; Stereotypes; Womens Education; Experiential Learning; Guides; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Technical occupation; Technischer Beruf; Identifikationsfigur; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterrolle; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Recruiting; Rekrutierung; STEM; Ausland; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Geschlechterstereotyp; Klischee; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Handbuch; Leitfaden; Großbritannien
Abstract	The Royal Air Force (RAF) is a public sector organisation, operating at the leading edge of technology and with a 38,000 strong workforce deployed at locations in the UK and overseas. Around 50% of its personnel are technically employed and 40% of all annual vacancies are for the technically competent. Currently, 13.5% of the workforce is female. However, only 8% of engineer officers and around 5% of technicians are women. The RAF has traditionally recruited from a pool of white males aged 16-24 years. However, this pool of potential candidates has got smaller. Whilst female employment in the technical occupations in the RAF, including flying, has shown a gradual improvement, women continue to be significantly under-represented. In late 2007, the RAF developed a 5-year Gender Recruitment Strategy with the objective of improving future female recruitment into the technical specialisations. This plan included tools to raise STEM awareness within the target audience and their influencers, and techniques that challenged existing gender stereotyping. The programme focuses on the need for initial engagement in STEM of girls by no later than age 13, followed by regular but sustainable contact to deepen their interest in a STEM career within the RAF. Specifically, the RAF has developed hands-on work experience courses for girls, in engineering and logistics, and has also developed a primary school educational Road Show and workshop in conjunction with its external partner, BAE Systems. The strategy also makes extensive use of successful female role models. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Association for Science Education. College Lane Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AA, UK. Tel: +44-1707-283000; Fax: +44-1707-266532; e-mail: info@ase.org.uk; Web site: http://www.ase.org.uk
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10