HYPATIA PROJECT

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HYPATIA PROJECT

• Industry Partners

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HYPATIA PROJECT

• PROMOTING WOMEN
• In
• SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

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Hypatia Project Partner Contributions

• Horton and Central Kings high schools are
  involved in a project designed to increase the
  participation of women in science and technology.
  
• Partners in this project (schools,community
  college, industry, government and community
  members) are working together to keep girls
  involved in science, math, and technology
  throughout High School and into further education
  and employment.

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HYPATIA Research Activities

• Draw a Scientist, asked students to illustrate
  their impression of what a scientist does.
• A Two Page Survey asked students to respond to
  six questions. These questions focus on their
  ideas of what people do in science, technology
  and trades and what they do to become qualified
  for these jobs
• Focus Group This hour long session was a small
  group discussion based on the same six survey
  questions.

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HYPATIA Research Results-1

• Graphing Data with different categories can
  often reveal important information which is not
  obvious upon first inspection.

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HYPATIA Research Results-2

• Plans Following Grade 12, Analysis.

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HYPATIA Survey Questions

• When people say I work in science, what do you
  think they are doing while they are at work?
• What about people who say I work in technology,
  what kinds of things are they doing?
• What about people who say I have a trade, what
  kinds of things are they doing?
• What qualifications do people need to get these
  jobs and where do they go to to get these
  qualifications.?
• Do you think being male or female makes a
  difference in doing these jobs?
• Do you see yourself ever doing a job in science,
  technology or trades?

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HYPATIA Research Results-3

• This document highlights anecdotal comments which
  are not statistically significant but rather
  expressions with summary insight.

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HYPATIA Future Action Plans

• The purpose of Hypatia is to provide students and
  parents with current information about the
  options in terms of education and career choices.
• We will be analyzing at the data and making plans
  to provide information where it appears to be
  needed.

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HYPATIA Thanks Expressed

• It is the intent of those responsible for this
  project to inform the participants of
  developments during its progress.
• Thanks is expressed to the students, both male
  and female, who gave of their class time to
  further the aims of this project.