"Gender4STEM in Action" Closing Event

Kontext / Contexte

Women in Digital Luxembourg (www.wide.lu) and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) (www.list.lu), with the support of the Luxembourg National Research Fund (www.fnr.lu) and in collaboration with IFEN (www.ifen.lu), organise this conference as part of the project Erasmus+ Gender 4 STEM (www.gender4stem-project.eu/).
The Gender4STEM Teaching Assistant (https://edu.gender4stem-project.eu/), is a toolbox platform specifically developed for secondary-level teachers (especially in STEM), schools' psychologists and career advisors, head of teachers, schools' directors…
Helped with the Gender4STEM self-assessment tool, the platform allows them to find out how gender fair their teaching is and access personalised recommendations of teaching materials they can experiment, stepping up their gender-fairness to improve their teaching.
The Gender4STEM platform was launched at the beginning of 2019. Luxembourg teachers had the opportunity to participate in the associated hands on training for experimenting the concrete platform and its teaching materials.
The closing event conference aims to promote the use of the Gender4STEM Teaching Assistant among professionals of secondary level education, through the platform’s demonstration, feedback testimonials and interactive sessions.

Zielsetzung / Objectifs

Knowledge
Participants will know the objectives, structure and teaching materials of the Gender4STEM Teaching Assistant Platform.

Know-how
Participants will be able to demonstrate a change in approaching gender conscious and unconscious biases in STEM teaching.

Posture
Participants will be required to question their own teaching practices regarding gender issues.

Inhalt / Contenu

This conference will give teachers, educators, and professionals the opportunity to discover and learn more about improving Gender Fairness in teaching STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in schools, thanks to different support and initiatives.

Arbeitsformen / Approche méthodologique

- Presentation of the project by the partners
- guide with good practices to apply in the classroom
- panel discussion with the teachers involved in the project.

Referent, Referentin / Formateur, formatrice

Camilla Hurst
Valerie Maquil
Claire Lee

Remarques / Anmerkung

Please note that this is a CovidCheck event: vaccine passport, PCR / certified antigenic test <72h will be mandatory for access. You will be able to do a self-diagnostic test (not certified) on the spot if needed. Make sure to arrive in advance to apply the procedure (+/- 20 min. prior).