Introduction
The question actively addressed within this paper is should schools actively encourage and specifically design programs for girls to enter into Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields or naturally allow for students to sort themselves into their own career choices? Historically girls have not gone into the STEM field while attending college or entering into the career field, and many people believe that something needs to change within the educational system. Women are skilled in the STEM field but feel that they will be stigmatized by pursuing a career or further education in the field. “If STEM programs continue to favor White and Asian dominant discourse women, minorities, and the marginalized may forgo STEM …show more content…
(Martin, 2016, pg. 97) Traditionally men and women have tended to be split into different societal roles based on the culture that force them into traditional roles. While much of society has changed in roles that people should take for the future, education has not been keeping pace by creating a learning environment for all genders. The typical school educational systems is more geared towards learning styles that work better for boys as abstract or extrinsic ideas are often taught rather than concrete or intrinsic things. (Legewie, 2014, pg. …show more content…
Girls tend to like hands on activities while boys tend to like analytical learning. This hands on learning allows girls to have social interaction and make more intuitive judgments while also seeing some of the purpose of what they are doing and how it will apply in the future. Most current STEM education tends to focus on things like PowerPoints and equations that work well for boys but not as well for girls. The inquiry based learning styles are not only support for girls in STEM education but also help students to better learn and retain information (Kulturel-Lonak, 2011, pg. 15-16). All students benefit when they can manipulate and experience things in their education along with learning the equations and
The question actively addressed within this paper is should schools actively encourage and specifically design programs for girls to enter into Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields or naturally allow for students to sort themselves into their own career choices? Historically girls have not gone into the STEM field while attending college or entering into the career field, and many people believe that something needs to change within the educational system. Women are skilled in the STEM field but feel that they will be stigmatized by pursuing a career or further education in the field. “If STEM programs continue to favor White and Asian dominant discourse women, minorities, and the marginalized may forgo STEM …show more content…
(Martin, 2016, pg. 97) Traditionally men and women have tended to be split into different societal roles based on the culture that force them into traditional roles. While much of society has changed in roles that people should take for the future, education has not been keeping pace by creating a learning environment for all genders. The typical school educational systems is more geared towards learning styles that work better for boys as abstract or extrinsic ideas are often taught rather than concrete or intrinsic things. (Legewie, 2014, pg. …show more content…
Girls tend to like hands on activities while boys tend to like analytical learning. This hands on learning allows girls to have social interaction and make more intuitive judgments while also seeing some of the purpose of what they are doing and how it will apply in the future. Most current STEM education tends to focus on things like PowerPoints and equations that work well for boys but not as well for girls. The inquiry based learning styles are not only support for girls in STEM education but also help students to better learn and retain information (Kulturel-Lonak, 2011, pg. 15-16). All students benefit when they can manipulate and experience things in their education along with learning the equations and