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Girls Tech Camp: Librarians Inspire Adolescents to Consider STEM Careers
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Stapleton, Suzanne C.; Royster, Melody; Bharti, Neelam; Birch, Stephanie; Bossart, Jean; Butts, Shannon; Tobin Cataldo, Tara; Gonzalez, Sara Russell; Minson, Valrie; Putnam, Samuel R.; Yip, Christine – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2019
Motivated by a desire to encourage girls to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) studies, librarians at the Marston Science Library (Marston) at the University of Florida (UF) developed Girls Tech Camp (GTC), a summer camp designed to introduce middle-school girls to creative technologies used in these fields. This week-long…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Librarians, STEM Education
Development and Outcomes from a Translational Science Curriculum for Pre-Collegiate Students
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Andrea S. Lin; Julie K. Bray; Margaret M. Fettis; Gabriel A. Fernandez Bueno; Julie Bokor – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2019
Translational science is the cornerstone of biomedicine that transfers laboratory and clinical research to the hospital bedside in various forms of therapeutic interventions. This scientific branch influences public health decisions, the economy, and ongoing research endeavors. The purpose of this study was to develop a youth-friendly…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Outcomes of Education, Clinical Experience, Research
A Teacher Educator Who Challenged Minds and Changed Lives for African Americans
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Gentry, Ruben – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2012
The path to quality education for African Americans has been rough and often fraught with resistance from the time that they were denied any education, to "separate" education, and even to "no child left behind" education. Any significant achievement for them in the American educational system required blood, sweat, and tears…
Descriptors: College Faculty, African American Teachers, African American Students, Teacher Effectiveness
Sex Equity Linkage and Coordination. Final Report from 7/1/86 to 6/30/87.
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Shiver, Thrisha G. – 1987
The purpose of a project was to work toward the reduction of sex bias and sex-role stereotyping in vocational education programs in the technical and skill centers in Dade County, Florida. To accomplish this goal, vocational teachers, counselors, and students attended inservice workshops focusing on equity issues. The project provided resources…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Nontraditional Occupations, Postsecondary Education
Career Mentoring for Middle- and Junior-High-School Girls. Coordinator's Manual. A Florida School-to-Work Gender Equity Initiative.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Workforce Development. – 1996
This manual is designed for persons who are responsible for implementing career-mentoring programs, especially for middle and junior high school girls, emphasizing nontraditional, high-wage occupations. Such a program is recommended by the School-to-Work Opportunities Act as a connecting activity. The manual is organized in two sections plus…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Education Work Relationship, Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Career Mentoring for Middle- and Junior-High-School Girls. Mentor's Manual. A Florida School-to-Work Gender Equity Initiative.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Workforce Development. – 1996
This manual has been developed to assist mentors in working with mentees in a career mentoring program. The manual is divided into four sections. The first section provides information on how to be an effective career mentor. It suggests strategies to make the time mentors spend with mentees meaningful. The second section provides information on…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Education Work Relationship, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities