Herman, Clem, Kendall-Nicholas, Jane and Sadler, Wendy
2023.
People like me - Encouraging girls to see themselves in STEM careers.
Presented at: 7th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics,
Online,
11–16 July 2021.
Published in: Foley, Catherine P., Kane, Deborah M. and Turner, Joanna eds.
AIP Conference Proceedings.
, vol.3040
American Institute of Physics,
060006.
10.1063/5.0176062
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Abstract
People Like Me is an intervention activity for 11-to 16-year-old girls developed by the Women into Science and Engineering (WISE) Campaign and Professor Averil Macdonald. It is part of a long tradition of efforts—in the United Kingdom and globally—to tackle gender inequality in the study of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects and to encourage more diversity in the scientific, engineering and technology sectors. The core concept of People Like Me is that raising awareness of the range of possible careers and jobs in STEM will encourage girls to continue studying science subjects in school and to aspire to STEM careers. This novel project focuses not on what scientists and engineers do, but on personality traits. People Like Me encourages girls to think about their natural strengths and characteristics, and recognize the same qualities in role models working in STEM who share similar characteristics. This paper explores the intervention’s success in changing attitudes about STEM careers.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Physics and Astronomy |
Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
ISSN: | 0094-243X |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 11 December 2023 |
Date of Acceptance: | 21 July 2022 |
Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2023 11:30 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/164666 |
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