GirlsTeam: What if Kim Kardashian was a STEM role model?

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dc.contributorWalker, Kristen
dc.contributor.advisorWalsh, Greg
dc.contributor.advisorBlodgett, Bridget
dc.contributor.authorLieberman, Jessica
dc.contributor.departmentYale Gordon College of Arts and Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.programInteraction Design and Information Architectureen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T19:27:24Z
dc.date.available2019-07-02T19:27:24Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-22
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this paper is to examine the lack of interest young women have in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) degrees and careers. The numbers of available STEM jobs are increasing, but there is a lack of women filling those positions. This paper examines gender biases and stereotypes that may influence young women when choosing whether or not to pursue a STEM as a college major and/or career. I explored potential design solutions to the problem with girls from Baltimore City. The methodology used for this research was design thinking, which consists of emphasizing, defining, ideating, prototyping, and testing the problem. The research was executed in seven 60-minute sessions conducted in a classroom. During these sessions, we discussed STEM jobs, existing STEM resources, gender norms perceived of girls, and produced suggestions for new resources. Our discoveries yielded several recommendations for teachers, designers, and others. Specifically, STEM resources should: (1) Use co-design to expose students to STEM, (2) teach students about STEM professionals in a school setting, (3) introduce students to STEM professionals and encourage those relationships, and (4) teach students about STEM early on.en_US
dc.format.extent89 pagesen_US
dc.genreThesisen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2yz5s-lsbt
dc.identifier.otherUB_2019_Lieberman_J
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/14332
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsPublic Domain Mark 1.0*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/*
dc.subjectwomen in STEMen_US
dc.subjectSTEMen_US
dc.subjectco-designen_US
dc.subjectdesign thinkingen_US
dc.subjectgender biasesen_US
dc.subjectgender normsen_US
dc.subjectgirls in STEMen_US
dc.subjectSTEM educationen_US
dc.subjectParticipatory Designen_US
dc.subjectwomen role modelsen_US
dc.subjectSTEM resourcesen_US
dc.subjectAcademic Self-Efficacyen_US
dc.subjectmasculine stereotypesen_US
dc.subjectmath anxietiesen_US
dc.titleGirlsTeam: What if Kim Kardashian was a STEM role model?en_US
dc.typeCollectionen_US

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