Gender in STEM education in the Arab Gulf Countries / Martina Dickson, Melissa McMinn, Dean Cairns, editors.
Dickson, Martina, editor.; McMinn, Melissa, editor.; Cairns, Dean, editor.
2023
LC212.93.P4
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Title
Gender in STEM education in the Arab Gulf Countries / Martina Dickson, Melissa McMinn, Dean Cairns, editors.
ISBN
9789811991356 (electronic bk.)
9811991359 (electronic bk.)
9811991340
9789811991349
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9135-6
Publication Details
Singapore : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 244 pages) : illustrations (some colour).
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-19-9135-6 doi
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LC212.93.P4
Dewey Decimal Classification
370.15/1
Summary
This book explores the critical issues in gender and STEM education in the Arabian Gulf, written within a context of educational systems developing rapidly over recent decades. With the ever-growing need for a highly skilled, gender-inclusive STEM workforce, the issues raised in this book are more topical than ever. It presents chapters from various sectors such as childrens perceptions of science, scientists and their work, adolescent and university years by studying large-scale secondary data variations across countries in the region and finally presenting work relating to gender in STEM education. The book closes with a chapter on factors of success in female leaders STEM career journeys. It offers recommendations for both policy and practices in gender equity in the STEM workplace, based on their experiences. This book is written in a highly accessible yet academic manner. It is an essential resource for a wide-ranging audience interested in the complex relationships between gender and STEM.
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Dickson, Martina, editor.
McMinn, Melissa, editor.
Cairns, Dean, editor.
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