TY - GEN
T1 - Higher Education Practices Accounting for Gender Differences in Technological Development as Part of SDGs Achievement
AU - Hirata, Sadayo
PY - 2019/1/16
Y1 - 2019/1/16
N2 - The ultimate objective of this study is to supplement students' learning such that they develop the ability to organically detect and solve problems prior to entering companies or the wider society, with consideration for the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs). This is because science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) at the level of higher education are prone to fragmentation and causing their disassociation from companies. This paper focuses on gender equality, a goal among the 17 SDGs, in which Japan's achievement level is staggeringly low compared to that of other countries. The objective of this study is for university students in STEM fields to attain skills that allow them to develop products and services which take into account issues that arise from gender differences. In this study, an active learning program for university students in STEM fields was designed and conducted. Through the program, students experienced the extent to which gender differences affect technologies and development in each STEM higher education subject, and uncovered methods towards preventing and resolving such issues for each subject. Based on the practical results obtained, we indicated the industries, society, and industrial circulative education necessary for obtaining the skills to attain the SDGs.
AB - The ultimate objective of this study is to supplement students' learning such that they develop the ability to organically detect and solve problems prior to entering companies or the wider society, with consideration for the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs). This is because science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) at the level of higher education are prone to fragmentation and causing their disassociation from companies. This paper focuses on gender equality, a goal among the 17 SDGs, in which Japan's achievement level is staggeringly low compared to that of other countries. The objective of this study is for university students in STEM fields to attain skills that allow them to develop products and services which take into account issues that arise from gender differences. In this study, an active learning program for university students in STEM fields was designed and conducted. Through the program, students experienced the extent to which gender differences affect technologies and development in each STEM higher education subject, and uncovered methods towards preventing and resolving such issues for each subject. Based on the practical results obtained, we indicated the industries, society, and industrial circulative education necessary for obtaining the skills to attain the SDGs.
KW - active learning
KW - gender
KW - industry-academia cooperation
KW - SDGs
KW - STEM
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U2 - 10.1109/TALE.2018.8615349
DO - 10.1109/TALE.2018.8615349
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85062097633
T3 - Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
SP - 207
EP - 214
BT - Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
A2 - Lee, Mark J.W.
A2 - Nikolic, Sasha
A2 - Wong, Gary K.W.
A2 - Shen, Jun
A2 - Ros, Montserrat
A2 - Lei, Leon C. U.
A2 - Venkatarayalu, Neelakantam
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
Y2 - 4 December 2018 through 7 December 2018
ER -