Official account of #IncludeHer. A movement to correct Australian STEM curricula to include the contributions by women to STEM.
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Hi everyone, we will no longer be posting on this platform and will be deactivating this account in January 2025.
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From high school classrooms, to the highest levels of academic research, to the media we consume – #WomenInSTEM are missing 🫥
But for this 🧵 thread, let's focus on the strong gender bias within the Australian high school science curriculum...
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"We find a clear #GenderBias in Australian Senior Secondary #ScienceCurricula with only one mention of a #FemaleScientist." This 2023 study by @astro_katross @astronerdika @helenadamWA @eco__aly et al., is featured in our June collection. @IncludeHer_STEM brnw.ch/21wKrAe
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This 2023 study is #OpenAccess in our May #CareerChoices collection. Invisible women: Gender representation in high school science courses across Australia, by @astro_katross @astronerdika @helenadamWA @eco__aly et al. brnw.ch/21wJuGg
@IncludeHer_STEM @acereduau
Representation Matters
That’s why we are working towards improving the visibility of women & their contributions to science in school curricula
We want to #IncludeHer 💜
Find out more about our mission at includeher.au
#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInSTEM #IWD2024
#InternationalWomensDay – Women are still only 27% of STEM workers in Australia, but more women are studying STEM at university. From 2015 to 2021, women’s enrolment in STEM courses grew by 31%. Representation matters. 📈
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In honour of International Women's Day, Cosmos is highlighting 50 remarkable and inspirational women in Australian science.
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So many incredible scientists ❤️
We’d add the names from our growing encyclopaedia of women scientists 💪
Find it here: includeher.au/resources
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
It's #InternationalWomenInScienceDay!
👷♀️👩⚕️👩🏫👩🔧👩🏭👩🔬👩🚀
To celebrate we're highlighting some of the ways #WomenInSTEM have helped shape the world from circa 2700 BC to the 21st century and beyond.
Who would you add to the timeline?
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Astrophysicist Dr Kat Ross explains the importance of studying science, even if students have no intention of pursuing it as a career.
Did you catch @astro_katross on The Project? Not only is the Australian science curriculum lacking in the representation of women, it is also behind in the level of science taught!
It’s time to include more science and #IncludeHer in schools 📚
#ScienceEducation #WomenInSTEM
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November issue is now out! Thanks to our talented authors @astro_katross @IncludeHer_STEM @astronerdika @nataliealowson @helenadamWA @eco__aly @prof_ianli @mattgbower @Penny_VB @acereduau journals.sagepub.com/toc/aed…
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We find a clear #GenderBias in Australian Senior Secondary Science Curricula with only one mention of a #FemaleScientist by @astro_katross @astronerdika @nataliealowson @helenadamWA @eco__aly et al. @IncludeHer_STEM doi.org/10.1177/000494412311…
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Elevating women in STEM 🧪
@nataliealowson and a team of researchers have looked into the visibility of female role models in science and found that contributions of women were greatly underrepresented.
All part of the @includeher_stem movement.
@curtinuni @astro_katross
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Recognising female scientists is the first step in closing the gender gap in #STEM. @CurtinUni researcher @astro_katross says the lack of female representation in Aus high school science courses impacts young women engaging in the field.
@IncludeHer_STEM
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So, this research is outside my usual bubble, but is something I’m incredibly passionate about: #ScienceEducation and #WomenInSTEM
We did a study and found a clear gender bias in senior high school science curricula across Australia.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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There are around 150 male scientists included in Australian high school science curricula, according to a new report. But there’s just one woman - and she’s only mentioned in Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australian coursework.
Read more: trib.al/O0FV5NK
Our study found that out of 145 scientists mentioned in the curricula, there was only 1 female scientist 😱
And our team of researchers are actually from lots of different institutions across Australia, working together to #IncludeHer 💜
#WomenInSTEM
👩🔬A team of researchers from @ICRAR and @CurtinUni say high school science courses in Australia fail to mention the contributions of #womeninSTEM , and instead focus on a male-centric narrative
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New research shows contributions of women and diverse communities are underrepresented in Australian high school #STEM courses. 📉
Researchers, including AWC Wildlife Ecologist Dr Alexandra Ross, have outlined actions to correct the bias. 👇
via @SBS
sbs.com.au/news/article/only…
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Hear @CurtinUni and @ICRAR researcher @astro_katross discuss the alarming lack of representation of women in the Australian STEM curriculum. 👇👇👇
Read more at: tinyurl.com/5amu6bj9
#CurtinUniversity #ICRAR
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One of the reasons why fewer girls study IT and engineering at year 12 is because they don’t see people like themselves working in those fields. By changing that perception, we can attract more talented people to these in-demand areas of work. smh.com.au/education/where-a…
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So proud part of this contribution in AJE writing with @astro_katross and the @IncludeHer_STEM team!
@EdithCowanUni @drmelaniebrooks @CarolineFinch @cobie_rudd @bedforda1
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
