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Download full textHoh, Yin Kiong – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
This paper describes a workshop activity the author has carried out with 80 high school science teachers to enable them to overcome their stereotypical perceptions of engineers and engineering. The activity introduced them to the biographies of prominent women in engineering, and raised their awareness of these female engineers' contributions to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Engineering, Biographies, Science Teachers
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Direct linkHoh, Yin Kiong; Boo, Hong Kwen – American Biology Teacher, 2003
The perception that scientists are intelligent white men who are socially inept, absent-minded nerds seems to prevail among students at all levels, from elementary school to college. While media may, by chance or choice, promote this image, it is unfortunately a realistic one. This stereotypical image of scientists as white men has, in part,…
Descriptors: Science Careers, Females, Women Scientists, Sciences
