Future Girls of STEM Summer Camp Pilot: Teaching Girls about Engineering and Leadership Through Hands-On Activities and Mentorship
Future Girls of STEM Summer Camp Pilot: Teaching Girls about Engineering and Leadership Through Hands-On Activities and Mentorship
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STEM 夏令营试点的未来女孩：通过实践活动和指导向女孩传授工程和领导力知识
DOI：
10.15695/jstem/v3i1.09
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发表时间：
2020
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K. O’Connor
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作者：
Rebecca R. Essig;Behim Elahi;J. Hunter;A. Mohammadpour;K. O’Connor
“STEM的未来女孩”是一个大学赞助的夏令营推广计划，由全女性教师团体设计和实施，以提高年轻女孩对追求科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）未来职业的兴趣。本文讨论了STEM阵营的试点未来女孩的后勤和结果，这是在2019年夏天举行的7至12岁的女孩。为期四天的夏令营邀请了来自当地行业的女工程师，她们分享了自己职业生涯的个人故事，并帮助营员通过工程和领导活动开展工作。研究人员评估了完成这些活动是否增加了参与者对工程主题，专业和职业的理解，兴趣和自我效能。结果显示，参与者完成营地后，对工程主题的兴趣和自我报告的理解有所增加，以及在整个营地体验中的高自我效能感。STEM计划的未来女孩，及其动手，互动活动，可以转移到其他地点或大学提供不同的资源。
“Future Girls of STEM” is a university-sponsored, summer camp outreach program that was designed and implemented by an all-female faculty group to increase young girls’ interest in pursuing future careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This paper discusses the logistics and results of the pilot Future Girls of STEM camp, which was held in the summer of 2019 for seven to twelve-year-old girls. The four-day summer camp featured female engineers from local industry, who shared personal stories of their careers and helped campers work through engineering and leadership activities. Researchers assessed whether completing the activities increased participants’ understanding of, interest in, and self-efficacy in engineering topics, majors, and careers. Results showed an increased interest and self-reported understanding of engineering topics after participants completed the camp, as well as high self-efficacy throughout the camp experience. The Future Girls of STEM program, and its hands-on, interactive activities, can be transferred to other locations or universities with varying resources available.