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The development of WiSTEM2D at ITA
The project focused in the following three areas
–Preparing and giving lectures in schools about STEM areas
–Together with some faculty members: developed and applied workshops based on hands-on and minds-on learning activities to spark young girls’ curiosity in STEM areas.
–Act as mentors for young girls in a mentorship program
Handy Availability + Automatic Replenishment
Develop equipment similar to vending machines for soft drinks, sweets and / or snacks, but that will have sutures of greater twist available to the client. Equipment will be in the “pharmacy” of the hospital, where the surgical kits are assembled
Self Sustainable Energy
Develop a model of a plant for the use of discarded water and generation of electric energy for own consumption
Job interview
Training given by a mechanical engineer, former ITA student, who nowadays work at McKinsey&Company, Catarina Carvalho and Erika Voigt, the Recruitment of McKinsey.
DIY
The DIY class was directed to learning practical skills and gain confidence to tackle simple maintenance jobs at home, not depending on someone else
Woman
Donna Hrinak President of Boeing Latin America
JnJ participants: Jane de Andrade Miguel, Barbara Oliveira Prado, Ana Gabriela Ambrosio, Elisa Cupim, Larissa Freitas
It was developed activities during 2 hours with the ITA WiSTEM2D team, about the following subjects:
It was also developed some group activities.
Giving talks => developing skills for presenting information clearly and effectively
ITA girls giving a lecture to more than 100 students at Women Techmakers – a program of Google that aims to encourage women to enter the area of technology, talking about our project with JnJ, to support other women to participate, to expand their knowledge, and to become part of this change
Thais de Souza Cabral presenting the paper “Fostering STEM education considering female participation gap” at the 15th International Conference Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age 2018 – Budapest, Hungary
–Preparing and giving lectures in schools about STEM areas
–Together with some faculty members: developed and applied workshops based on hands-on and minds-on learning activities to spark young girls’ curiosity in STEM areas.
–Acting as mentors for young girls in a mentorship program
Presenting the Project Women in STEM2D developed at ITA and some low cost kits for hands-on activities
This initiative was designed to foster creation of groups to support and attract young girls to STEM2D professional areas.
At least 3 groups will initiate similar programs: IME, UFPE (Cecine), and IFPE
ITA acts as a hub
1.“A Group Mentoring Program to Spark STEM Interest on Youth”
Conference: https://iated.org/iceri/ – Seville (Spain). 12th – 14th of November, 2018.
Status: Extended abstract accepted in ICERI.
Subject: The work is about the mentoring initiative being developed with 60 girls by our project.
2.Strategies for Scaling a STEM Education Program
Conference: https://iated.org/iceri/ – Seville (Spain). 12th – 14th of November, 2018.
Status: Extended abstract accepted in ICERI.
Subject: The work is about the initiatives of our project to develop the WiSTEM2D network.
3.Fostering Stem Education Considering Female Participation Gap
Conference: http://celda-conf.org/ – Budapest (Hungary). 21st – 23rd of October, 2018
Status: Short-paper accepted in CELDA.
Subject: Results of our project in 2017 related to actions with children.
4.Developing Transversal Competences In Engineers
Conference: http://celda-conf.org/ – – Budapest (Hungary). 21st – 23rd of October, 2018
Status: Short-paper accepted in CELDA.
Subject: Results of our project in 2017 related to the developing of soft-skills of ITA girls
5.Incentive Actions For Girls Aged 11 To 17 At Stem: A Brazilian Case
Conference: https://iated.org/iceri/ – Seville (Spain). 16th – 18th of November, 2017.
Status: Published in ICERI.
Subject: The work is about the materials organization and preparation done by ITA girls to develop activities offered to young girls.
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