Encouraging High School Girls to Enter Science and Technology Careers in Paraíba

• Ana Flávia S. A. Moura UFPB
• Thiago Henrique C. Tavares UFPB
• Giorgia de O. Mattos UFPB
• Josilene A. Moreira UFPB

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wit.2018.3380

Abstract

This paper resorts of the data obtained in a research carried out during two years in the extension project, in collaboration with high school girls from the public schools. The project has the intent of providing these students a first contact, through workshops, lectures and visits, with computer programming, promoting the female empowerment to the girls by education and awakening the interest to information technology as a reachable career path. Fear and the lack of interest of making use of new technologies are both hindrances caused by the privation of incentive, absence of widely known female representatives in the field of information technology, as well as the exclusion felt by women in both study and work environments.

References

Gnilka, P. B., Novakovic, A. (2017) Gender Differences in STEM Students Perfectionism, Career Search Self-Efficacy, and Percepction of Carrer Barriers. Journal of Counseling & Development, v. 95, n. 1, p. 56-66.

Cooper, J., Eddy, P., Hart, J. Lester, J., Lukas, S., Eudey, B., Glazerraymo, J, Madden, M. (2010) "Improving gender equity in postsecondary education". In: Klein, S. S. (Gen. Ed.). Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity through Education, 2. ed., New York and London: Routledge, p. 631-653.

Souza, A. C. M., Perkoski, I., Viega, K., Romanki, V. (2017) "Relato Tech Ladies: redes de colaboração entre mulheres na tecnologia", [link], março.

Sardina, I. M., Maciel, C. (2016) "Ações para Incentivar Meninas do Ensino Médio a Cursar Carreiras Tecnológicas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte", [link], abril.

Netto, D., Medeiros, L. M., Pontes, D., Morais, E. (2017) "Game Logic: Um jogo para auxiliar na aprendizagem de lógica de programação", [link], abril.