Boys Left Behind

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Kleinfeld ◽  
Maria Elena Reyes

The gender gap in college enrollment and completion has become a concern in many nations. The phenomenon is extreme in Alaska, particularly among indigenous people. Semi-structured interviews with 162 urban and indigenous students graduating from high school, and in addition, two single-gender focus groups, suggest that many young men do not see a college education as necessary to financial success and do not expect to assume the gender role of sole family provider. Young women tend to see a college degree as essential to changed gender roles where women are expected to attend college, pursue a career, and not be dependent on a man for financial support. Many young men withdraw from the demands of a verbally-saturated high school curriculum, which they find unenjoyable. Both young men and young women tend to label male withdrawal from school as “male laziness,” an essentialist interpretation rather than an interpretation based on the school environment and changing gender roles.

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-142
Author(s):  
Stephanie Couch ◽  
Audra Skukauskaite ◽  
Leigh B. Estabrooks

The lack of diversity among patent holders in the United States (1-3) is a topic that is being discussed by federal policymakers. Available data suggests that prolific patent holders and leading technology innovators are 88.3% male and nearly 94.3% Asian, Pacific Islander, or White, and half of the diversity that does exist is among those who are foreign born (3). The data shows that there is a need for greater diversity among patent holders. Few studies, however, are available to guide the work of educators creating learning opportunities to help young people from diverse backgrounds learn to invent. Educators must navigate issues that have complex sociocultural and historical dimensions (4), which shape the ideas of those surrounding them regarding who can invent, with whom, under what conditions, and for what purposes. In this paper, we report the results of an ongoing multimethod study of an invention education pro- gram that has worked with teachers and students in Grades 6 through 12 for the past 16 years. Findings stem from an analysis of end-of-year experience surveys and interview transcripts of six students (three young men and three young women) who participated in high school InvenTeams®. The data were used to investigate three topics: 1) ways high school students who have participated on an InvenTeam conceptualize the term "failure" and what it means to "learn from failure," 2) what supported and constrained the work of the three young women during their InvenTeams experience and the implications for policy makers concerned about the gender gap in patenting, and 3) ways the young men and young women took up (or didn't take up) the identity of "inventor" after working on a team that developed a working prototype of an invention during the previous school year.


2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 851-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Moller ◽  
Elizabeth Stearns ◽  
Stephanie Southworth ◽  
Stephanie Potochnick

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel María Vázquez Romero ◽  
Ángeles Blanco Blanco

El estudio se inserta en la investigación orientada a entender las trayectorias de elección vocacional de los jóvenes en los campos profesionales de la ciencia, la tecnología, la ingeniería y las matemáticas (STEM). Dada la constatada brecha de género, el análisis se centra en analizar posibles diferencias entre alumnos y alumnas a lo largo de distintos cursos de educación secundaria en un conjunto de variables sociocognitivas con una relevancia bien establecida en el desarrollo vocacional. Se utiliza como marco la teoría cognitivo social del desarrollo de la carrera (SCCT). En el estudio participaron 1465 estudiantes españoles. Todos ellos completaron medidas de autoeficacia, expectativas de resultados, intereses, aspiraciones ocupacionales y apoyos y barreras sociales percibidas en la elección de estudios científico-matemáticos. Se aplicaron pruebas no paramétricas y se estimaron medidas del tamaño del efecto para las comparaciones por género y curso. Se identificaron diferencias significativas a favor de los varones, en general de baja magnitud, en todas las variables salvo en las aspiraciones ocupacionales. Igualmente se identificó una tendencia significativa a presentar menores promedios en todas las variables a medida que se avanza en la secundaria. Sin embargo, este patrón de resultados presentó aspectos diferenciales al considerar el curso y/o la modalidad de bachillerato. Los resultados se discuten en el contexto de la investigación previa y se sugieren líneas de trabajo futuro desde el punto de vista de la investigación y de la intervención educativa. This study is part of the research aimed at understanding vocational choice trajectories of students in professional areas related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Due to the well-known gender gap, the study is focused on analyzing possible differences between women and men in several socio-cognitive variables with a well-established relevance in vocational development. Differences along different grades of secondary education are also discussed. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) is used as a framework. In this study 1,465 high school Spanish students were involved. All of them were evaluated for self-efficacy, outcome expectations, interests, support, occupational aspirations and perceived social barriers when starting careers in the science/mathematics area. Non-parametric statistic tests were applied as well as measures of the effect size comparing by gender and course. Significant differences were found in favor of males, usually of low magnitude, in all the variables analyzed with the exception of those concerning the occupational aspirations. Likewise, a significant tendency was identified to present lower averages in all the variables as it progresses in secondary school. However, the general pattern of results showed differentiating aspects when considering a course and/or a kind of high school curriculum. The results are discussed in the context of the previous research on this topic and future lines of work are suggested from the point of view of the research and also educational intervention.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 102-138
Author(s):  
Clarissa De Assis Olgin ◽  
Claudia Lisete Oliveira Groenwald ◽  
Carmen Teresa Kaiber

Background: Developing autonomy, the ability to solve problem situations, make decisions and act for the benefit of your social environment are modern life skills and can be developed in the school environment, along with mathematical content, and can be viable through the methodology of project projects, using active methodologies and the resources of digital technologies. Objectives: Discuss the Mathematics Curriculum or the work projects as a pedagogical proposition based on the development of three projects with the thematic Cryptography, Music, and Project launching applicable to the High School. Design: Qualitative research that sought to investigate work with projects in High School was used. Setting and Participants: Experiments developed with two classes of high school students in the Rio Grande do Sul state. Data collection and analysis: Data collection took place during the development of the project stages through students' written records and questionnaires. Results: It is considered that the Work Projects developed constituted a possibility to modify the role of the student and the teacher, allowing students to become active, participative, and committed to the development of their knowledge. Conclusions: It is understood that students, their learning and development must be the focus of the educational process. Therefore, the school curriculum must enable students to assume the role and responsibility for their learning.


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