FOSTERING GIRLS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Parents and educators can do a great deal to foster girls’ attainment and appeal in math and science (Hill, & Augoustinos, 1997, p. 85). Fortunately, research also discloses that vigorously refuting stereotypes can steer to advances in girls’ performance and interest in math and science. For instance, the stereotype that men are better than women in STEM areas can affect girls’ performance, how they critic their work, and their ambitions (Shapiro, & Williams, 2012, p. 175). As future educators, we must help eradicate this stereotype by revealing to girls and boys to female role models in STEM vocations (Marshall, & Reinhartz, 1997, p. 333; Shapiro, & Williams, 2012, p. 178). We must converse about the greater figures of girls and women who are succeeding at higher levels in STEM subjects and fields than ever before, and call attention to the absence of gender difference in performance in virtually every STEM subject (Frawley, 2005, p. 221). The more people perceive this kind of information, the harder it becomes for them to deem that boys and men surpass in these fields. For instance, when I had math homework when I was younger, my mother would say “Ask your father for help; I am not good in math.” This crippling situation happens every day in millions of households (Tshumy, 1995,
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142). If women, particularly in science and engineering occupations are conscious that gender bias subsists in these fields, it may allot them to defend themselves. When they confront loathing from their colleagues, it may be useful to recognize that they are not alone (Shapiro, & Williams, 2012, p. 180). Despite how it feels, the social condemnation is not personal, and women can support one another and offset