Are All-Girls Engineering Classes Different?

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Teachers at all-girls schools might have insights on how to engage more young people especially girls into engineering Several teachers at The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders in Austin shared their thoughts in this two-part episode In Part 1 01 15 we hear from Shamaa and Shireen two high school engineering teachers and then in Part 2 28 50 we hear from Patience Simon and Kristina three middle school engineering and STEM teachers They discuss teaching in a small school differences between all-girls classes and co-ed classes the importance of school culture Project Lead The Way curriculum advice for parents and more Mentioned in this episode Ann Richards School https www annrichardsschool org PLTW Project Lead the Way http www pltw org IED Introduction to Engineering Design at PLTW https www pltw org our-programs pltw-engineering-curriculum curriculum-1 Alternate teacher certification information in Texas https tea texas gov Texas Educators Preparation and Continuing Education Becoming a Certified Texas Educator Through an Alternative Certification Program UT University of Texas https www utexas edu AutoCAD Inventor https www autodesk com products inventor overview ACC Austin Community College http www austincc edu Multisim circuit simulation software from National Instruments http www ni com multisim TEKS Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills educational standards https tea texas gov index2 aspx id 6148 STAAR testing in Texas https en wikipedia org wiki State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness Our closing music is called Girl by Miros used with permission and you can find more tracks by Miros on SoundCloud user mirossound https soundcloud com mirossound Subscribe and find more podcast information at http www k12engineering net The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs http www pioslabs com Support Pios Labs at https www patreon com pioslabsClick here to visit this podcast episode