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1 online resource (361 pages)
ISBN:
9780253111739
Content:
Movement into academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields has been slow for women and minorities. Not only are women and minorities underrepresented in STEM careers, there is strong evidence that many academic departments are resistant to addressing the concerns that keep them from entering careers in these fields. In light of recent controversies surrounding these issues, this volume, examining reasons for the persistence of barriers that block the full participation and advancement of underrepresented groups in the sciences and addressing how academic departments and universities can remedy the situation, is particularly timely. As a whole, the volume shows positive examples of institutions and departments that have been transformed by the inclusion of women and recommends a set of best practices for continuing growth in positive directions.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Sustaining Gains: Re®ections on Women in Science andTechnology in the Twentieth-Century United States -- 2. From "Engineeresses" to "Girl Engineers" to "Good Engineers":A History of Women's U.S. Engineering Education -- 3. Using POWRE to ADVANCE: Institutional Barriers Identi¤ed byWomen Scientists and Engineers -- 4. Telling Stories about Engineering: Group Dynamics andResistance to Diversity -- 5. The Gender Gap in Information Technology -- 6. African American Women in Science: Experiences from HighSchool through the Post-secondary Years and Beyond -- 7. African Women Pursuing Graduate Studies in the Sciences:Racism, Gender Bias, and Third World Marginality -- 8. Gendered Experiences in the Science Classroom -- 9. The Construction of Sexual Bimorphism and Heterosexuality inthe Animal Kingdom -- 10. Feminism and Science: Mechanism without Reductionism -- 11. Across the Language Barrier: Gender in Plant Biology andFeminist Theory -- 12. The Graduate Experience of Women in STEM and How It CouldBe Improved -- 13. How Can Women and Students of Color Come to Belong inGraduate Mathematics? -- 14. Designing Gender-Sensitive Computer Games to Close theGender Gap in Technology -- 15. Making Sense of Retention: An Examination of UndergraduateWomen's Participation in Physics Courses -- 16. Creating Academic Career Opportunities for Women in Science:Lessons from Liberal Arts Colleges -- 17. Beyond Gender Schemas: Improving the Advancement ofWomen in Academia -- Selected Readings -- Contributors -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253346797
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Removing barriers Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2006 ISBN 9780253346797
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0253346797
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0253218179
Additional Edition:
Print version Removing Barriers : Women in Academic Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Language:
English
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Naturwissenschaften
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Wissenschaftlerin
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Technik
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Wissenschaftlerin
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Mathematik
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Wissenschaftlerin
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Wissenschaftlerin
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Ingenieurwissenschaften
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Wissenschaft
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Feminismus
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Frau
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Naturwissenschaftlerin
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Mathematikerin
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Karriere
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Konferenzschrift
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