Linda Grant’s scientific contributions

... The gender gap in TEE emerges in childhood (Cvencek et al., 2011) and is reinforced in adolescence by the presence of male teachers in TEE subjects and an imbalanced classroom gender composition (Riegle-Crumb et al., 2017). Crucially, the gap continues to grow at the university level where fewer women pursue technology and engineering degrees, and even fewer go on to pursue technology and engineering careers after graduating (Buday et al., 2012;McIlwee & Robinson, 1992). To better understand gender stereotypes of adolescents in technology and engineering, this study aimed to explore the impact of gender stereotypes. ...

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The role of gender in Chinese junior high students’ self-efficacy, creative thinking and project-based learning perceived value in technology and engineering education