Reach new heights as teacher

 This course aims at understanding and addressing gender biases in STEM education and their impacts on STEM career choices. 

Objectives

1. Understand the impact of women role models in STEM: students will be able to analyze the importance of diverse women role models in STEM fields, identifying how representation influences student engagement, motivation and career aspirations in STEM disciplines.
2. Evaluate the benefits of women mentorship in STEM development: learners will assess the role of mentorship fostering STEM skills, confidence and professional growth, understanding how structured guidance enhances both academic and career success in STEM.
3. Develop strategies and promoting effective women in STEM menorship programs: students will be ble to design and propose initiatives and frameworks that encourage effective mentoring relationship, particulary for underrepresented groups in STEM, promoting inclusivity and sustained interest in STEM education.

This course aims to:

• Implement stereotype-free career and study.
• Recognise and question the reasons for a small range of career options due to a lack of information, orientation towards traditional gender stereotypes and societal conditions and know how to counter this.
• Reflect on and scrutinise their own gender stereotypes.
• Motivate young people to deal with a diverse range of career options that correspond to their own potential or abilities that can be learned, and also to consider career options that have thus far gone unnoticed and/or are not typically explored by their own gender. 
• Develop realistic and varied visions for the future with young people, taking into account long-term goals and the interplay of the various areas of life.
  

This course aims to understand and recognise the causes of the underrepresentation of girls in STEM fields and how to change this trend.

Learning objectives:

• Identify the key reasons behind the underrepresentation of girls in STEM fields.
• Understand how societal, educational, and personal factors contribute to the gender gap in STEM.
• Recognize unconscious biases and gender stereotypes affecting girls' participation in STEM.
• Apply strategies and tools to foster a more inclusive classroom environment that encourages girls to engage in STEM subjects.

This course aims to understand inclusive and gender-neutral language and how to apply it in teaching.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the importance of inclusive and gender-neutral language in education.
• Learn the basic principles of inclusive and gender-neutral language.
• Gain strategies for applying inclusive language in teaching environments.
• Be equipped with practical tools to foster inclusivity in the classroom.