INSPIRA STEAM

Hosted by OSOS , contributed by DeustoLearningLab on 12 September 2019

INSPIRA STEAM: inspiring scientific vocations among girls

INSPIRA is a project whose objective is to promote scientific and technological vocation among girls, based on awareness and orientation actions, given by professional women from the world of research, science and technology. This is the first time that the group mentoring technique has been used in a project to promote STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) among primary school students.

INSPIRA was born out of the need to promote scientific and technological vocations among students and the urgency of doing so among girls. The number of students opting for technology training decreases each year. And if we refer to the female collective, the data becomes even worst. Although 54.3% of the total number of students in the Spanish university system are women, their presence in technical degrees such as Engineering and Architecture falls to 26.4%.

More than 4,600 girls from 172 schools have participated in the last 3 years (2016-2019) in 6 work sessions about topics such as the stereotypes that surround us, work or women and science throughout history. These meetings between mentors and girls are intended to help remove doubts and objections about the science and technology professions, to clarify their motivations and to strengthen their self-esteem in order to begin this professional path, if they wish.

Partnership opportunities:

Family

They can participate by working at home on the identified problem.

Teachers

They will help and accompany the students throughout the project. In addition, mentoring with the children will be done by staff from the centre.

Universities or technology companies

Researchers

Professionals, Business, Gender Associations, Government, Families; in summary, any female can be involved in the project.

Women from technological businesses, Gender Associations, Government and Families. I.e.: woman from local technology businesses, woman from local universities and research centers, women from aeronautical and automobile industry, etc. In general, any women involved in the technology career can be part of this activity.

RRI Principles - Responsible Research and Innovation:

Governance	Students will be able to share their reflections with local, regional and national stakeholders to raise awareness.
Public participation	Students will be in contact with other schools participating in OSOS and Inspira STEAM, creating a network to exchange experiences.
Gender equality	Throughout the project, work is being done to promote gender equality. Stereotypes, equal opportunities in the professional field, etc. are worked on.
Science education	The students will reflect on the importance of scientific work for the development of society.
Ethics	Students will reflect on the contribution of men and women to the future development of society.
Open Access	All content and experiences shared through the platform will be freely accessible and free of charge to the entire educational community.

Learning Objectives

Facilitate new referrals of women technologists close to us. Discover the STEAM professions. Raise awareness of the need for the country's development to take place among men and women. Making women technologists more visible and valuable.

Teacher: DeustoLearningLab

Age group

9-12

Students participating

900

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Addressed challenge: promote scientific and technological vocation among girls, based on awareness and orientation actions, given by professional women from the world of research, science and technology.

At the beginning, a mentor is allocated to each group of girls. This mentor will be in charge of the girl’s workgroup in the school. This mentor should be a female related to the world of science, such as a scientist or researcher, university professor, engineer, architect, etc.

SESSION 1. WHAT ARE STEAM FIELDS?

Presentation
Aims of the project.
Justification and need for the project.
Methodology.
What are STEAM fields.
Where STEAM fields are within our milieu.

In this session, we will present the aims and the methodology of the project. The aim of this session is to explain what STEAM fields are, how we can find them all around us (ranging from the most day-to-day things to the most innovative ones), and their importance nowadays and the importance they will have in the future. And with this in mind, it is important that both men and women be present in their design and development, thus highlighting wealth in terms of diversity.

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Reto perseguido: promover las vocaciones científicas y tecnológicas de las niñas, a partir de acciones de sensibilización y orientación, impartidas por mujeres profesionales del mundo de la investigación, la ciencia y la tecnología.

Al principio, se asigna una mentora a cada grupo de niñas. Esta mentora estará a cargo del grupo de trabajo de las niñas en la escuela. La mentora debe ser una mujer relacionada con el mundo de la ciencia, como una científica o investigadora, profesora universitaria, ingeniera, arquitecta, etc.

SESIÓN 1. ¿QUÉ SON LAS STEAM?

Presentación
Objetivos del proyecto.
Justificación y necesidad del proyecto.
Metodología.
Qué son las áreas STEAM.
Donde están las STEAM en nuestro entorno.

En esta sesión presentaremos los objetivos y la metodología del proyecto. El objetivo de esta sesión es explicar qué son las STEAM, cómo podemos encontrarlas a nuestro alrededor (desde las cosas más cotidianas hasta las más innovadoras), y su importancia hoy en día y la importancia que tendrán en el futuro. Y con esto en mente, es importante que tanto hombres como mujeres estén presentes en el desarrollo del futuro de la sociedad.

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SESSION 2. THE STEAM GENDER STEREOTYPES

Learn to identify the stereotypes around us.
Learn about the STEAM stereotypes, in particular those affecting women.
Free us from stereotypes: "I don't have to be as others expect".

The aim of this session is to learn about how STEAM stereotypes concerning women/girls in many aspects form part of our daily lives from an early age - advertising, films, stories, etc. – and how we need to focus on detecting them.

SESSION 3. STEAM PROFESSIONS

Positively assess the many activities that individuals can do, irrespective of their sex.
Inform about non-stereotype work situations.
Inform about the variety of fields and sectors in which STEAM professionals can work.

One of the aims of the session is for girls and boys to be made aware that all jobs can be done by individuals of one sex or another, that they may identify the different tasks performed by people whether remunerated or otherwise, that they may assess them according to the benefits they provide (not just measured in financial terms), and that they may reflect on how these tasks are distributed according to sex.

SESSION 4. STEAM WOMEN

Inform about STEAM women throughout history and also current ones.
Assess their achievements and contributions.
Learn about STEAM fields in which they have played a prominent role.
Understand the reasons why we are unaware of them.
Recognise/learn about STEAM women from their milieu.

It is important in this session to provide different references in terms of period of history, ethnicity, country of origin, etc. The mentor themselves and the STEAM women within their milieu constitute very valuable reference points for the girls and boys – conveying the idea that any of them might become that STEAM woman who they view as a reference point.

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SESIÓN 2. LOS ESTEREOTIPOS DE GÉNERO STEAM

Aprender a identificar los estereotipos que nos rodean.
Aprender sobre los estereotipos STEAM, en particular los que afectan a las mujeres.
Despojarnos de los estereotipos: "No tengo que ser como otros esperan".

El objetivo de esta sesión es aprender cómo los estereotipos STEAM con respecto a las mujeres/niñas en muchos aspectos forman parte de nuestra vida diaria desde una edad temprana - publicidad, películas, historias, etc.

SESIÓN 3. PROFESIONES STEAM

Valorar positivamente las muchas actividades que los individuos pueden realizar, independientemente de su sexo.
Informar sobre situaciones laborales no estereotipadas.
Informar sobre la variedad de campos y sectores en los que pueden trabajar los profesionales STEAM.

Uno de los objetivos de la sesión es que las niñas y los niños sean conscientes de que todos los trabajos pueden ser realizados por personas de un sexo u otro, que puedan identificar las diferentes tareas realizadas por personas remuneradas o no, que puedan evaluarlas en función de los beneficios que proporcionan (no sólo medidos en términos económicos), y que puedan reflexionar sobre cómo se distribuyen estas tareas en función del sexo.

SESIÓN 4. MUJERES STEAM

Informar sobre las mujeres STEAM a lo largo de la historia y también sobre las mujeres actuales.
Valorar sus logros y contribuciones.
Conocer los campos de STEAM en los que han jugado un papel destacado.
Comprender las razones por las que no las conocemos.
Reconocer/aprender sobre las mujeres STEAM desde su entorno.

Es importante en esta sesión proporcionar diferentes referencias en términos de período de la historia, etnia, país de origen, etc. Las propias mentoras y las mujeres de STEAM dentro de su entorno constituyen puntos de referencia muy valiosos para las niñas y los niños, transmitiendo la idea de que cualquiera de ellas podría convertirse en esa mujer STEAM que ellas ven como un punto de referencia.

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SESSION 5. BROADEN THE STEAM OUTLOOK

Assess the relevance and usefulness of STEAM fields in society and in our day-to-day lives.
Be made aware about the different fields in which a STEAM profession can be pursued.
Reflect on the skills needed to study and pursue a STEAM profession.
Assess the wealth of diversity in teams and in our relations.
End of small group.

One of the aims of this session is to stress the importance and usefulness of STEAM fields in any area of our lives. Based on their dreams and interests, on the challenges they wish to take on and any problems they would like to deal with, highlight the valuable contribution that can be made by STEAM fields in those areas. Thus, we open our horizons about STEAM fields by making ourselves aware of the fact that we can approach any area through them.

This is the last session with the small group – the whole group together will conduct the sixth and final session, and so it’s a good moment to bid farewell and conclude the experience between mentor and group.

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SESIÓN 5. AMPLIAR LA PERSPECTIVA STEAM

Valorar la relevancia y utilidad de las áreas STEAM en la sociedad y en nuestra vida diaria.
Conocer los diferentes campos en los que se puede ejercer una profesión STEAM.
Reflexionar sobre las habilidades necesarias para estudiar y ejercer una profesión STEAM.
Evaluar la riqueza de la diversidad en los equipos y en nuestras relaciones.
Fin del grupo pequeño.

Uno de los objetivos de esta sesión es destacar la importancia y utilidad de las áreas STEAM en cualquier ámbito de nuestras vidas. Basándonos en sus sueños e intereses, en los retos que desean asumir y en los problemas que les gustaría abordar, destacar la valiosa contribución que pueden hacer las STEAM en esas áreas. Así, abrimos nuestros horizontes sobre las áreas STEAM haciéndonos conscientes del hecho de que podemos acercarnos a cualquier área a través de ellos.

Esta es la última sesión con el grupo pequeño - todo el grupo realizará conjuntamente la sexta y última sesión, por lo que es un buen momento para despedirse y concluir la experiencia entre el mentor y el grupo.

Hosted by OSOS , contributed by DeustoLearningLab on 12 September 2019

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