PPT-Addressing Gender Biases and Stereotypes in the STEM Career

Mona Bapat PhD Melissa Johnson MA December 5 2012 Quiz answers Outline for today Landscape of women in STEM Group discussion Solutions Introduction 2007 Bureau of Labor Statistics found that rates of women in the following fields are. A stereotype is defined as a social perception of an individual in terms of membership or physical attributes. It is a . generalisation. that is made about a group and then attributed to members of that group. . Antoinette . Schoar, MIT and . NBER. September 18. th. , 2015. Hutchins Center Event “The Power of the Nudge”. Motivation. Recent demographic and . regulatory trends have increased . the reliance on . An over-simplified, generalized belief about all people who belong to a certain social group (e.g. Canadians are nice). When we stereotype a group of people, we depict all of the individuals within that group as having the same characteristics. What are stereotypes associated with teachers?. How do I not fit those stereotypes?. Stereotypes: what’s the problem?. What are stereotypes associated with teenagers?. What problems would you face if you were judged by those stereotypes?. • They are standardized: they exist in the minds of a large number of people. There cannot be a stereotype held by one person; it must be shared by many to be a stereotype.. • The stereotype has a “special meaning”: it usually carries with it enormous judgmental and emotional weight.. WHAT IS A STEREOTYPE?. A fixed, commonly held notion or image of a person or group, based on an oversimplification of some observed or imagined trait of behavior or appearance.. EXPRESSION OF STEREOTYPE. Jason Rix. 10-18-11. COM 3100WI. Introduction. Television and the communication of Stereotypes. Where it was once the norm for messages to be communicated via one-on-one interaction between two people, modern technology – television in particular –changed the manner in which people receive their messages (Gerbner, 1998).. All images are from Google . I. mages unless otherwise noted. WHY . DO WE LABEL?. *. ARE LABELS GOOD OR BAD?. Do some groups have more power than others?. Are there people who can be in more than one group?. by . Intellectual Property Owners Association . Women In IP Committee. Push . Forward Subcommittee. Overview. Differences in Communication Styles. Gender Stereotypes. What Can Employers Do?. What Can Employees Do?. Lingering thoughts. "I imagined myself in Pop's shoes, and some thoughts I had were whether I would feel like I belong with the other children. The vast majority of children at school would have a certain gender they associate themselves with. However, if I were to be gender-neutral, I think I may feel like an outcast and be unsure and confused of who I am. These possible issues associated with being a gender-neutral child may not exist if all, if most children at schools are also sex-unknown. However, that is not the . Learning Objectives. Recognize that bias is human and that it impacts all parts of all of our lives. Identify the negative consequences of bias are. Develop strategies to become more aware of and mitigate our biases. Stereotypes are ‘. socially constructed. ’ and exist as ‘. myths. ’ and are neither ‘true’ nor ‘false’ but simply a reflection of . dominant ideologies. . Stereotypes can be. reinforced challenged or even constructed by the media through . AMS Committee on Education. Jessica. . Ellis. Colorado. . State. . University. http://. www.maa.org. /. cspcc. Acknowledgments. MAA. David . Bressoud. Michael Pearson. Linda . Braddy. Olga Dixon. San Diego State Univ.. E. McPherson, A. Clarke, A.M. Gallen, M. Keys & P. Wolf. 19. th. April 2023. Research Background . In 2017 the Open University introduced a ‘BSc Combined STEM’ degree (R28).. Due to the relaxation of ELQ (Equivalent Level Qualification) funding, R28 enables students who already have a degree to access loans for studying a degree that allows them to change careers (England, for details see .