Encouraging girls into science and technology with feminine role model: Does this work?

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 549-561

  Bamberger, Yael M ^a  

^a Jerusalem College   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender; Informal learning; Role model; STEM education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894618238     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-014-9487-7     Document Type: Article

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