Using electronic sensors to support gender neutral STEM activities in primary school

Maria João Silva; Eduarda Ferreira; Susana Paiva Moreira Batista

doi:10.1109/SIIE48397.2019.8970111

Using electronic sensors to support gender neutral STEM activities in primary school

Maria João Silva, Eduarda Ferreira, Susana Paiva Moreira Batista

Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais (CICS.NOVA - NOVA FCSH)

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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
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
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SIIE48397.2019.8970111
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
City	Tomar
Period	21/11/19 → 23/11/19
Internet address	http://www.siie2019.ipt.pt/

Keywords

Electronic sensors
Gender
Children
Environmental health

Access to Document

10.1109/SIIE48397.2019.8970111Licence: Unspecified

https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85079268705&doi=10.1109%2fSIIE48397.2019.8970111&origin=inward&txGid=5a4580075b8ecef768b3ce33c9500bac

Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Using electronic sensors to support gender neutral STEM activities in primary school'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this

Silva, M. J., Ferreira, E., & Batista, S. P. M. (2019). Using electronic sensors to support gender neutral STEM activities in primary school. In C. G. Marques, I. Pereira, & D. Pérez (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE 2019) (pp. 31-36). Tomar: Instituto Politécnico de Tomar. https://doi.org/10.1109/SIIE48397.2019.8970111

Silva, Maria João ; Ferreira, Eduarda ; Batista, Susana Paiva Moreira. / Using electronic sensors to support gender neutral STEM activities in primary school. Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE 2019). editor / Célio Gonçalo Marques ; Isabel Pereira ; Diana Pérez. Tomar : Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, 2019. pp. 31-36

@inproceedings{703f50ec23db4427b47796b1936ed3a7,

title = "Using electronic sensors to support gender neutral STEM activities in primary school",

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.",

keywords = "Electronic sensors, Gender, Children, Environmental health",

author = "Silva, {Maria Jo{\~a}o} and Eduarda Ferreira and Batista, {Susana Paiva Moreira}",

note = "info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147304/PT# UID/SOC/04647/2019",

year = "2019",

doi = "10.1109/SIIE48397.2019.8970111",

language = "English",

isbn = "978-989-8840-39-4",

pages = "31--36",

editor = "Marques, {C{\'e}lio Gon{\cc}alo} and Isabel Pereira and Diana P{\'e}rez",

booktitle = "Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE 2019)",

publisher = "Instituto Polit{\'e}cnico de Tomar",

}

Silva, MJ, Ferreira, E & Batista, SPM 2019, Using electronic sensors to support gender neutral STEM activities in primary school. in CG Marques, I Pereira & D Pérez (eds), Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE 2019). Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Tomar, pp. 31-36, XXI Simpósio Internacional de Informática Educativa, Tomar, 21/11/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/SIIE48397.2019.8970111

Using electronic sensors to support gender neutral STEM activities in primary school. / Silva, Maria João; Ferreira, Eduarda ; Batista, Susana Paiva Moreira.

Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE 2019). ed. / Célio Gonçalo Marques; Isabel Pereira; Diana Pérez. Tomar : Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, 2019. p. 31-36.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

TY - GEN

T1 - Using electronic sensors to support gender neutral STEM activities in primary school

AU - Silva, Maria João

AU - Ferreira, Eduarda

AU - Batista, Susana Paiva Moreira

N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147304/PT# UID/SOC/04647/2019

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Electronic sensors

KW - Gender

KW - Children

KW - Environmental health

UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85079268705&doi=10.1109%2fSIIE48397.2019.8970111&origin=inward&txGid=5a4580075b8ecef768b3ce33c9500bac

U2 - 10.1109/SIIE48397.2019.8970111

DO - 10.1109/SIIE48397.2019.8970111

M3 - Conference contribution

SN - 978-989-8840-39-4

SP - 31

EP - 36

BT - Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE 2019)

A2 - Marques, Célio Gonçalo

A2 - Pereira, Isabel

A2 - Pérez, Diana

PB - Instituto Politécnico de Tomar

CY - Tomar

ER -