Gender in STEM Education in the Arab Gulf Countries

This book explores the critical issues in gender and STEM education in the Arabian Gulf, written within a context of educational systems developing rapidly over recent decades. With the ever-growing need for a highly skilled, gender-inclusive STEM workforce, the issues raised in this book are more t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dickson, Martina (Editor), McMinn, Melissa (Editor), Cairns, Dean (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • ‘Science is a Boys’ Subject’: Changing Perceptions in the Arabian Gulf
  • Epistemological beliefs about science and their relations to gender, attitudes to science and science achievement in UAE schools
  • The Drawing A Scientist Test (DAST): How do girls in the UAE present visual characteristics of female scientists, and what does this mean for gender equity of science careers?
  • Changing perceptions of the learning environment and attitudes towards mathematics through inquiry-based learning: Girls in middle school classrooms in the UAE
  • Mathematics anxiety in females – breaking the cycle
  • Gender Differences in ICT Literacy: ICT-related Individual Characteristics and Enabling Factors
  • Understanding of environmental issues across two Gulf countries: Do girls know more than boys in government schools?
  • Female STEM Leadership in the Gulf: Journeys through Education
  • Gender Representation in STEM departments in Higher Education Institutions in the UAE.