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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
Fast Girls Project: Encouraging girls in STEM
Submission Author:
Dianne Magalhães Viana , DF , Brazil
Co-Authors:
Bárbara Xavier de Melo do Nascimento , Eliza Sakazaki, Luana Matos, Maryana Oliveira Ananias, Aline Souza de Paula, Maura Angelica Milfont Shzu, Suzana Avila, Victoria Costa, Grazielle Lopes, ingrid cristian, Karine Lima, KAROLLYNE ARAUJO COSTA, Sibelle Ferreira, Dianne Magalhães Viana, tania mara campos de almeida
Presenter: Bárbara Xavier de Melo do Nascimento
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-2445
Abstract
Noticing that the lack of equality between men and women is still very present in the engineering fields in universities throughout Brazil, the Fast Girls project was created in order to bring more women to the engineering courses in the University of Brasilia (UnB). The project focuses on working with girl students from a public school in Santa Maria - DF, in which students and professors from UnB are responsible for creating workshops involving Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) concepts and how one can apply the mentioned subjects on daily situations, in order to teach important concepts belonging to the math/physics field to high school girls. In addition to that, based on the notes of the process conducted - in the daily workshops, we have made a point to observe if the project positively impacts the perspective these girls have of their futures, based on reports made by the students while they spent time at the workshops, and also serving as evidence that the Fast Girls Project can positively influence these girls' lives. The teenagers pointed out the relevance of the “Fast Girls” project to the participating group, although not all of them were attracted to courses related to the Technological areas, they qualified the fact that through the project they were able to get to know a university and approach the women who made their way in engineering.
Keywords
women, equality, engineering, STEM
