Making Science "Girl-Friendly" Pays Big Dividends for Education

2011-07-15T17:58:31+00:00

Probably the most bogus study I have ever read.

Increasing the girl-friendly content had a predictable effect on boys’ interest. When researchers couched information technology as learning “how to order clothes over the Internet” rather than figuring out “how the inside of the computer is structured,” boys’ interest dampened in that science.

Ordering clothes over the internet is shopping, whereas studying the internal working of a computer is actually science..

megazen · 2011-07-15T18:36:48+00:00

Science is not "friendly" for either boys or girls. It is what it is. By dumbing down science you harm the prospects of the entire country to compete with other countries such as in Asia which keep it normal. How about make feminized education more accommodating for boys, with more hands-on learning and no drugging of boys who need more physical movement, and competition is encouraged.

2011-07-15T17:40:48+00:00

So hopefully english will switch from feminine books to wh40k novels to get more interest from boys :D

curious67 · 2011-07-16T08:43:25+00:00

Kerger gave 294 eighth- and ninth-grade boys and girls questionnaires asking them whether they would like to study biology, physics, information technology or statistics the following year. Instead of naming these subjects, the questionnaire presented each science through topics found in previous studies to be either male- or female-friendly. “How does a laser read a CD?” was a masculine way to ask about physics, while “how is a laser used in cosmetic surgery?” addressed stereotypical girls’ concerns.

Very interesting what girls' concerns are. I bet more adolescent girls listen to CD then get cosmetic surgery. This just shows that girls are not interested in how things work, in practical things that are actually useful in life.

GunOfSod · 2011-07-15T21:50:45+00:00

FemSci - Does it feel like it's right?

curious67 · 2011-07-16T08:34:50+00:00

How much over-representation do they want at college? 57% in science, too? What about making schools and colleges boy-friendly?

While women now constitute a sizable majority of U.S. college students — they received more than 57 percent of bachelor’s degrees in 2008 — females earned fewer than 35 percent of degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics awarded that year, according to Linda J Sax, a professor of education at the UCLA.

curious67 · 2011-07-16T08:37:16+00:00

Kerger gave 294 eighth- and ninth-grade boys and girls questionnaires asking them whether they would like to study biology, physics, information technology or statistics the following year. Instead of naming these subjects, the questionnaire presented each science through topics found in previous studies to be either male- or female-friendly. “How does a laser read a CD?” was a masculine way to ask about physics, while “how is a laser used in cosmetic surgery?” addressed stereotypical girls’ concerns.

What about "how is a laser used in breast augmentation", to address both boy's and girl's concerns. Of course, that discriminates against gay's interests, but is very interesting for trans-gendered people.

Increasing the girl-friendly content had a predictable effect on boys’ interest. When researchers couched information technology as learning “how to order clothes over the Internet” rather than figuring out “how the inside of the computer is structured,” boys’ interest dampened in that science.

They could always teach: learn "how to order guns over the internet" or "how to order porn over the internet" or at least "learn how to order war games or tech toys over the internet".

Harpsichord · 2011-07-15T16:31:14+00:00

It's not surprising: A study in which the benefits of learning science were wrapped in issues traditionally associated with girls indeed generated more interest from the underrepresented sex.

Title	Making Science "Girl-Friendly" Pays Big Dividends for Education
Author	Harpsichord
Upvotes	9
Comments	10
Date	July 15, 2011 4:31 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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