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Hypatia
Meie van LaarDeputy Manager Science Learning Center
Coördinator Hypatia Project
[email protected]+31 20-5 313 134
Hypatia, born in Greece c AD 350 – 415, Mathematician, astronomer and philisopher
“Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. To understand the things that are at our door is de best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond.”
• underrepresentation of women pursuing science related careers around europe.
According to the 2010 eurobarometer report. There is growing gender difference, with girls having a more sceptical attitude towards science careers than boys.
• Key factor for teenagers when choosing subjects at school is the influence of peers, family and teachers.
• Gender balance can’t be introduced to addressing young people alone. Research and industry must be engaged to change the attitude towards gender.
Why Hypatia
Partners of Hypatia
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Our target group
- Empower girls aged 13-18 in order to discover the variety of STEM related careers for them
- Engage schools, museum, research institutions and industry in a more gender-inclusieve way of communicating STEM
What is the aim of Hypatia
Three year project: august 2015- august 2018
- involving teenagers directly in the process of creating gender-inclusieve perceptions of STEM.
- we create a better understanding on how to communicate with them and how to co-create activities that are meaningful and influential.
How do we want to reach these goals
• Creating a modular toolkit for schools, science centres and museums, research institutions and industry, developed in consultation with stakeholders, gender experts and panels of teenagers
• Organising activities engaging teenagers in STEM using the Hypatia tools in order to engage them in the variety of future career opportunitues in STEM in a way that is meaningful to thema both in and out of school environmnets
What are we going to do
• Strenghtening the interactions among schools, science centres and museums, regional authorities, industries and research centres via the creation of national Hubs
• Disseminating the hypatia digital toolkits beyond the reach of the project partners by engaging relevant networks and key stakeholders throughout the project.
What are we going to do
No new materials, but use of already existing good practices from other projects. For example:
• video’s of 42 women• Find your talent card game• Science its a girl thing activities• Gender day activities• Eye opener activity for educators
With the tools our aim is to reach throughout Europe : 12.000 secondary schools, 31.000 teachers, 450.000 students
Toolkit - impact
- Encourages and support girls in following a study path and career path
- Raise interest for STEM careers- Promote gender-balanced images of men
and women in STEM careers- Developed and/or implemented in
cooperation among relevant stakeholder
- Easy and inexpensive to implement- Involve STEM related professionals
directly
Criteria good practices
Each national HUB will draw up a calendar of events with activities engaging Teenagers. For example
• Gender days• Museum nights• Researchers’ night• Science Festivals
With the activities our aim is to reach throughout Europe : 213.000 teenagers
Activities engaging Teenagers - Impact
The involvement of international industries and research institutions that will commit to this project through the hubs will ensure the involvement of relevant role models of a wide scale
Our aim is to reach throughout Europe : 140 research and industry institutions, 19.500 teenagers (through the institutions)
Strenghten the interactions - Impact
- Change the way science is communicatedWe will produce activities and guidelines for schools, informal learning institutes, research institutions and industryinstitutions how to communicate science with their students
- Increase the participaton and interest of girls in STEM
Activities will be based on good practices and implemented in a much larger scale
- Encourage sustainable collaboration among schools, science museums, research institutes and industry on gender equality and science
Creation of hubs in each participating country for long term collaboration
Expected Impacts
Planning and Implementation
08-2015/03-2016 Theoretical frameworkEU Advisory board
03-2016/08-2018 HUBS09-2016 national launch event05-2016/09-2016 development toolkit modules09-2016/02-2017 pilot phase 03-2016/09-2016 def toolkit ready09-2016/08-2018 toolkit implementation
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Project evaluation• Both formative and summative evaluations.
• In-situ interviews with target audiences
• visits to at least one consortium partner to observe the implementation of the activities.
• Pre-post surveys with participants and stakeholders (online and/or offline)
• longer term follow up within the timeframe of the project in order to monitor lasting effects.
• Document analysis from institutions sources and other sources.
Our Dissemination and Communication Strategy will be taking care of two main target groups The Teenagers Group and “adults” group, were most of us are
To the teenagers we want to communicate science is a path, an oportunity, it’s fun. To the adults, we want to show them and to transfer the Toolkit, so there are ways to teach, to work, to live in a nongender-bias way.
We will develop especial messages and we will build upon Science is a girl thing campaign, launched in 2013.
Website, social media, newsletters, press releases and a leaflet will be part of our tools
Project Dissemination
We just started!
- Writing the theoretical framework- Gathering good practices- Start up of the Advisory board and third
parties- Selecting the external evaluator- Defining the campaign
Where are we now
Meie van LaarScience Center NEMO
Coördinator Hypatia [email protected]+31 20 5 313 134
Andrea TroncosoEcsite
WP leader [email protected]
+32 2 649 73 83
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