Teaching and learning in an era of equality: an engineering program for middle school girls

Author

Dozier, Rebecca J. ; Blaisdell, Stephanie L. ; Anderson-Rowland, Mary R.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

5-8 Nov 1997

Firstpage

512

Abstract

The Women in Applied Science and Engineering (WISE) program at Arizona State University, USA, was founded to improve the retention and recruitment of women in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS). In the summer of 1996, WISE obtained a grant from the City of Tempe to develop an engineering program targeted at middle school girls to expose them to and to interest them in engineering. This program, WISE TEAMS (Teaming Engineering Advocates with Middle School Students), was a two-day commuter program consisting of hands-on engineering activities, career information and team building exercises. Among the thirty-eight participants for TEAMS, there were twelve underrepresented minorities. The content of the program is presented in this paper

Keywords

educational courses; engineering education; gender issues; teaching; USA; Women in Applied Science and Engineering program; career information; hands-on engineering activities; learning; middle school girls; minorities; student recruitment; student retention; teaching; team building exercises; two-day commuter program; university; Cities and towns; Demography; Education; Educational institutions; Engineering management; Engineering profession; Maintenance engineering; Marketing and sales; Recruitment; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4086-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1997.644937

Filename

644937