Dlodlo, NBeyers, RN2010-08-202010-08-202009Dlodlo, N and Beyers, RN. 2009. Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment. Gender Technology and Development, Vol. 13(1), pp 127-1350971-8524http://gtd.sagepub.com/content/13/1/127.abstracthttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/4182Copyright: 2010 Gender and Development Program of the Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, ThailandThe 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.enGirl's educationEngineering technologyScience educationTechnology educationFabrication engineering environmentGenderArticleDlodlo, N., & Beyers, R. (2009). Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4182Dlodlo, N, and RN Beyers "Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment." (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4182Dlodlo N, Beyers R. Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4182.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 -