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A day when girls helped solve real engineering problems: – An initiative to improve girls’ engagement in technology
Linköping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Division of Learning, Aesthetics, Natural Science. Linköping University, Faculty of Educational Sciences. (TekNad)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7374-9659
Volvo Construction Equipment, Eskilstuna, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7806-0749
Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5963-2470
2021 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Studies has shown girls being less interested and more negative towards technology but also on the potential for improving engagement, - if initiatives for females are taken in early ages. This study reports on an event where almost sixty girls, ages 10 and 11, helped solve real engineering problems for a leading manufacturer of construction equipment. The girls gathered for half a day at a university where they were scaffold by teams of university staff, engineering students and engineers from the manufacturer. In advance to the event, workshops were held to guide the participating adults, including the girl’s teachers, in the best practices and didactics in the research field of females’ interest in technology. This paper describes the process of engaging both adults and girls as well as the findings from the workshops, where recordings where taken up. The finding is that girls were engaged in finding solutions when adults were adapting didactics and providing real world problems. It also shows the strength of the diverse thinking, pushing the boundaries of future emerging technologies. This knowledge can be used by teachers or lecturers as guidance as they strive for technology to be an attractive school subject for girls. 

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2021.
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Didactics Other Natural Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-176048OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-176048DiVA, id: diva2:1559680
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NFSUN 2021: Science Education in the light of Global Sustainable Development – Trends and possibilities. Hosted by VIA University College in Aarhus, Denmark on June 1.-2.
Available from: 2021-06-02 Created: 2021-06-02 Last updated: 2022-12-08Bibliographically approved

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