Personal presentation about my work to improve the participation of Girls in stem for VHTO. It is focused on girls in physics and astronomy in the Netherlands.

1. Franka Buurmeijer, 4 June 2015, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy
The other job
Girls in STEM

2. Special Request

3. Outline
❖ The issue!
❖ Numbers!
❖ Reasons not to choose STEM!
❖ Girlsday!
❖ Ways to help

4. The issue

5. Numbers at high school

6. Physics & astronomy at university
2007-2008 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014
Girls 13 10 13 16
Boys 52 79 87 104
Total 64 89 100 120
% girls 20 11 13 13

7. Current numbers internationally
% Girls in STEM
Romania 52 France 36
Italy 51 Germany 35
Portugal 48 Denmark 35
Sweden 43 Spain 34
Ireland 41 Switzerland 31
Finland 40 Belgium 30
Iceland 38 Netherlands 17
Great Britain 37 EU 38

8. Why did you choose STEM?

9. Who was of the most influence?

10. What did this person do?

11. Reasons not to choose STEM
❖ Self-image or confidence in
STEM!
❖ Unfamiliarity with studies and
professions!
❖ Influences from their private
sphere

12. Self image
❖ Stimulate and set requirements!
❖ Emphasize that success is a
result of talent and work!
❖ Give positive feedback!
❖ Incorporate different teaching
methods: presentations,
interviews etc.!
❖ Mention and accept different
methods that lead to the same
results

13. Unfamiliarity
❖ Enrich material with context!
❖ Clarify the social benefit!
❖ Offer interdisciplinary projects!
❖ Use photo’s, movies, posters
etc. with females role models!
❖ Invite female guest lecturers!
❖ Organize company visits

14. Girlsday

15. Visit to Erasmus MC

16. Visit to Spark Design and Innovation

17. Ways to help
❖ Subscribe to Spiegelbeeld!
❖ Participate in outreach to make
women visible!
❖ Keep the motivations of girls in
mind when communicating

18. My future niche
❖ https://youtu.be/
_kA0AgHBVnk

19. Thank you!

20. Implicit association test
❖ https://implicit.harvard.edu/
implicit/Study?tid=-1