Girls into science : a training module / edited by Andrew Clegg.
Clegg, Andrew.
Paris : Section for Science and Technology Education, Division of Secondary, Technical and Vocational Education, UNESCO, 2007.
133 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. + 1 optical disk ; 12 cm.
Girls – Education – Africa.
Women in science – Africa.
Women in technology – Africa.
Science – Study and teaching – Africa.
Women in science – Africa.
Women in technology – Africa.
Science – Study and teaching – Africa.
Pamphlet LC 2412 .C54 2007
20958
Girls into science : a training module on motivating girls to embark on careers in science and technology—(p. [4]).
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization—at head of title.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Foreword—Introduction—Unit 1. Introductory unit; setting the scene—Unite 2. Training and supporting teachers—Unit 3. Career guidance—Unit 4. Career guidance activities—Unit 5. Training and supporting science and mathematics teachers—Unit 6. Initial teacher education.
Summary: The under-representation and under-achievement of girls in science and technology subjects can be seen as a serious inefficiency in educational systems in countries whose development depends crucially on the generation of human technological capacity. This is the case in most African countries. If only more girls could be persuaded to take up science and technology subjects in schools, and could be persuaded to do better in them, the countries, so the argument goes, would have the benefit of an increased technological output with few extra inputs…—cover page.