{"id":519,"date":"2017-11-18T12:12:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T17:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=519"},"modified":"2017-11-19T14:29:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T19:29:15","slug":"issues-rooted-in-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2017\/11\/issues-rooted-in-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Issues Rooted in STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Issues Rooted in STEM<\/h2>\n

By: Hayley Johnson<\/em><\/p>\n

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Have you seen this?<\/em><\/p>\n

This is a new (2017) Lego set that was released just this year honoring important women in NASA history. Nancy Grace Roman, Margaret Hamilton, Sally Ride, and Mae Jemison. What’s interesting is that these women all made strides in NASA in before 1993. It is nearly 24 years later and this is one of the first Lego sets that showcases solely important women in STEM (or solely important women in any aspect). A children’s toy company getting this out into the hands of today’s youth is a great way to bring attention to women in STEM, but this should’ve happened many years ago.<\/p>\n

This shows that while we are finally starting to bring forth the issue of women not representing STEM fields as much as men, we still have so much more to do. Spreading awareness and encouraging our children and students is the best way to ignite the fire.<\/p>\n

To put it in perspective:<\/strong><\/p>\n

-Women comprise of 48% of U.S. workforce, yet only 24% of STEM workers.<\/p>\n

-Rosalind Franklin\u00a0<\/span>played a role in the the discovery of the DNA structure, yet was not credited at the time Watson and Crick received the Nobel Prize in 1962.<\/p>\n

-UK patent applications review revealed that\u00a094% of inventions in the field of computing, 96% in automotive applications and mining, and 99% in explosives and munitions, were by men<\/p>\n

-Of first-time college freshmen interviewed in 1996 by the Higher Education Research Institute, 20% of men planned to major in computer science and engineering, while only 4% of women planned to.<\/p>\n

-A\u00a0large number of women graduate in STEM subjects but fail to move onto a STEM career compared to that of men in 2012 (Scotland).<\/p>\n

Key Terms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Equality, inspire, engage, inform, inquire, advance, women, intelligence, empower<\/em><\/p>\n

Additional evidence:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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^US Census Bureau’s data on the divide of gender’s in common careers. Take note of the jobs at the bottom end of the list (80%+ women) versus the top (80%+ men)<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/research\/why-so-few\/<\/p>\n

^This article discusses the issue of under-representation of women in STEM careers and gives more insight on what you can do to ignite a change in these statistics.<\/em><\/p>\n