A massive thank you to our #STEMtastic team member @lynnyeneka for all she has done for STEM across her career but particularly as regional STEM officer and member of our STEM team. We will miss you enormously but happy retirement adventures 🎉 🎊
On International Women in Engineering Day take a look at this short video showing kids’ assumptions of gender roles in careers!😲@STEMedscot@EducationScot@TayCollab@NAllianceScot@FVWLric @sweic2019 @SEICollab @wp_educationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3Aweo-74kY
It's International Women in Engineering Day! How gender-balanced are subject and career choices in your setting? You can use the Skills & Pathways section of our Improving Gender Balance Self-evaluation Framework to help you find out - ow.ly/ef6F50OPxvz#INWED23
ALT International Women in Engineering Day - Friday 23 June 2023. Image shows drawings of women working in engineering.
ALT Image of the front cover of the framework showing the title at the top: Improving Gender Balance Self-evaluation Framework. For Early Learning and Childcare, ASN, Primary and Secondary Settings. IGBE logo on bottom left and Education Scotland logo on bottom right corner. White background with circles of various sizes in light blue, teal, green and grey.
ALT Teal background with graphic shapes in dark teal. At the top left is the Education Scotland logo which is green and blue. At the top right is the 'improving gender balance and equalities' logo which contains text and a swirl starting with a dark teal in the centre and becoming lighter towards the edges. Below this is a heading 'Sharing practice' and a subheading 'examples of practice that aim to counter the effects of gender stereotypes and unconscious bias, from educational establishments in Scotland'. Below this are images of 2 girls on an ipad, 2 young children playing outside in a mud kitchen, 4 young children looking in some trays and 2 older children with a conical flask between them.
ALT Snip of 'improving gender balance : an action guide for early learning and childcare practitioners'. The full accessible text ca be found on the link in the tweet.
June is Pride Month! 🏳️🌈Time for Inclusive Education has a range of resources and ideas to support with effective delivery of LGBT inclusive education: tie.scot/@ESInclusionTeam
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The theme of this year’s Learning at Work Week is ‘Create the future’. Check out our Professional Learning Activities and learn how to help create a future that challenges gender stereotypes. Find them here: bit.ly/3zxJGxQ@STEMedscot@EdScotPLL
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