Help me give my students two Dell Chrome notebooks, various biographies on women in science and Lego set so that can do research about women in science and STEM fields.
I teach a special education class with twenty-five students who range from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade. Their disabilities range from learning disabilities to visually impaired. They come from diverse backgrounds. Some students have limited verbal ability. Five students have limited motor skills which limits their writing ability. Most are mainstreamed during the day into regular education classrooms. They are at least two years behind their peers. Many come from impoverished backgrounds with little parental involvement. My students need these two Dell Chrome notebooks, various biographies and Lego set.
My Project
I will teach my students about the contribution of women in STEM and other science fields. Students will research and pick one woman that has made contributions in this field then research and compile facts and interesting things about her, using the Dell chrome notebooks and biographies. Students will compose an essay about her. Then, design a poster and present it to the class. Then we will have STEM challenges using the Legos.
Research says, In engineering and science education, women made up almost 50 percent of non-tenure track lecturer and instructor jobs, but only 10 percent of tenured or tenure-track professors in 1996.
In addition, the number of female department chairs in medical schools did not change from 1976 to 1996. Moreover, women who do make it to tenured or tenure-track positions may face the difficulties associated with holding a token status. They may lack support from colleagues and may face antagonism from peers and supervisors. However, in 2014 a team of psychologists and economists conducted extensive analyses of national data and concluded that the state of women in STEM has changed greatly in the past two decades and any conclusions about their status based on data prior to 2000 are likely to be outdated. In general, they concluded that women had very sizable gains in academic science, including remuneration, promotion, and job satisfaction.
Research has suggested that women's lack of interest may in part stem from stereotypes about employees and workplaces in STEM fields, to which stereotypes women are disproportionately responsive.
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