Keywords
STEM career, women in STEM, engineering, science
Abstract
One day, while discussing engineering and science as potential career options with a female student, we opened a search engine and typed in “engineer” and “scientist.” However, on the first pages of image results, only one female appeared for engineering and only a few females appeared for “scientist” (see Figure 1). This disparity was disturbing—if this student never saw another person like her filling careers in STEM fields, would she ever “picture herself” in those fields?
Original Publication Citation
Bartholomew, S. R. & Seymour, A. (2021). Influencing Perceptions of STEM through the Best STEM Books List. Science and Children, 58(6), 68-72.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Bartholomew, Scott and Seymour, Alexia, "Influencing Perceptions of STEM Through the Best STEM Books List" (2021). Faculty Publications. 5530.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/5530
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2021-7
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/8262
Publisher
Science and Children
Language
English
College
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering
Department
Technology
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