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Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment

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dc.contributor.author Dlodlo, N
dc.contributor.author Beyers, RN
dc.date.accessioned 2010-08-20T11:10:11Z
dc.date.available 2010-08-20T11:10:11Z
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.identifier.citation Dlodlo, N and Beyers, RN. 2009. Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment. Gender Technology and Development, Vol. 13(1), pp 127-135 en
dc.identifier.issn 0971-8524
dc.identifier.uri http://gtd.sagepub.com/content/13/1/127.abstract
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4182
dc.description Copyright: 2010 Gender and Development Program of the Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand en
dc.description.abstract The article reports on an effort to address the issue of inequality in girls’ and women’s access to science, engineering and technology (SET) education and careers through raising an awareness on SET among school girls in South Africa. Secondary school girls were exposed to a hands-on rapid-prototyping environment of a fabrication laboratory with the aim of imparting knowledge and familiarity with the nature and possibilities of the engineering field. The girls were exposed to various skills including electronics, computer-aided design, media ability, management, team-work, and problem-solving, peer-mentoring and communicating ideas. Exposure to technology enhanced the girls’ confidence in being able to handle technology-related tasks. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Gender and Development Program of the Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand en
dc.subject Girl's education en
dc.subject Engineering technology en
dc.subject Science education en
dc.subject Technology education en
dc.subject Fabrication engineering environment en
dc.subject Gender en
dc.title Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment en
dc.type Article en
dc.identifier.apacitation Dlodlo, N., & Beyers, R. (2009). Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4182 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Dlodlo, N, and RN Beyers "Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment." (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4182 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Dlodlo N, Beyers R. Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4182. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Dlodlo, N AU - Beyers, RN AB - The article reports on an effort to address the issue of inequality in girls’ and women’s access to science, engineering and technology (SET) education and careers through raising an awareness on SET among school girls in South Africa. Secondary school girls were exposed to a hands-on rapid-prototyping environment of a fabrication laboratory with the aim of imparting knowledge and familiarity with the nature and possibilities of the engineering field. The girls were exposed to various skills including electronics, computer-aided design, media ability, management, team-work, and problem-solving, peer-mentoring and communicating ideas. Exposure to technology enhanced the girls’ confidence in being able to handle technology-related tasks. DA - 2009 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Girl's education KW - Engineering technology KW - Science education KW - Technology education KW - Fabrication engineering environment KW - Gender LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 SM - 0971-8524 T1 - Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment TI - Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4182 ER - en_ZA


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