Abstract
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) gender divide is still a nowadays multidimensional problem. During the last decades, research has been studying the factors that can contribute to close the gender gap in what concerns participation, achievement and progression in STEM education. The empirical study presented in this paper assessed, with a gender perspective, the results of the use of electronic sensors to explore and solve environmental health problems by children of four primary school classes. The developed experiment was designed to promote gender inclusion. The results evidenced that children acquired knowledge linked to the use of the sensors, and were able to produce suggestions to solve the explored problems. Nonetheless, gender differences were not promoted by the experiment didactic activities, evidencing affordances of such activities to narrow gender gaps.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE 2019) |
Editors | Célio Gonçalo Marques, Isabel Pereira, Diana Pérez |
Place of Publication | Tomar |
Publisher | Instituto Politécnico de Tomar |
Pages | 31-36 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-989-8840-39-4 |
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Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | XXI Simpósio Internacional de Informática Educativa - Tomar Duration: 21 Nov 2019 → 23 Nov 2019 http://www.siie2019.ipt.pt/ |
Conference
Conference | XXI Simpósio Internacional de Informática Educativa |
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City | Tomar |
Period | 21/11/19 → 23/11/19 |
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Keywords
- Electronic sensors
- Gender
- Children
- Environmental health