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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 384 485 SE 054 179 AUTHOR Alting, Annita, Comp.; And Others TITLE Ten Years [of] GASAT (Gender and Science and Technology) Activities in a Changing Europe. Contributions to and Proceedings of the East and West European Conference (3rd, Geldrop, The Netherlands, October 25-29, 1992). Vols. I, II, and III. INSTITUTION Eindhoven Univ. of Technology (Netherlands). PUB DATE 92 NOTE 634p. PUB TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF03/PC26 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Career Development; College Science; Elementary Secondary Education; Engineering Education; Equal Education; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Intervention; Professional Education; Program Evaluation; Science Careers; Science Education; Science Teachers; *Teacher Behavior; *Technology Education; *Womens Education IDENTIFIERS Attitudes Toward Science; Europe ABSTRACT Despite efforts to increase the participation of women in applied mathematics and technology, women are still underrepresented in these areas of study. A conference of those concerned with gender and science and technology (GASAT) was held to allow all those interested a chance to discuss advances in previous efforts and areas of concern. The numerous papers of this conference are contained within volumes I and II of this book. They are partitioned into the following areas: (1) Science and Technology Education in East and West Europe; (2) Changing Teacher Behaviours and Collaboration in Classrooms;(3) Students, Lecturers and Teaching Methods in Male Dominated University Contexts; (4) Attitudes, Behaviours and Preferences of Subjects at School; (5) Access to Engineering Education;(6) Encouraging Women to Professional Education and Career Development;(7) Values and Employment in Engineering in East and West Europe;(8) Restrictions and Strategies in Career Development;(9) Work and Family: Having It All; (10) Research Methodology; (11) Evaluation of Intervention Strategies; (12) Challenge and Perspectives of European Projects; and (13) A Look at the Future. Volume III contains the text of the four keynote addresses and reports of the workshops, home groups, postersessions, papersessions, and East-West Forum. 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BEST COP i AVAILABLE GENDER AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY October 25-29 1992 1 tn 0 BEST COPY AVAILABLE LU Volume I cr) 3 Ten years GASAT activities in a changing Europe 1 EAST AND WEST EUROPEAN CONFERENCE Ten years GASAT activitiesin a changing Europe CONTRIBUTIONS to theconference October 25-29 1992 VOLUME I Compiled and introduced by Annita Alting Marja Brand Wilma Groenendaal Ria Hermanussen Marijke van Vonderen Oda Weyers PREFACE Three years ago, during the second European GASAT Conference in 16nkaping, a group of participants was .thinking about ways to continue discussions between researchers, teachers and policy-makers on the issue of Gender, Science and Technology on European level. It was felt that a European exchange should not be hampered by the absence of colleagues from East European countries. A full understanding of interactions between Gender, Science and Technology, includes cultural and historical data; learning from international comparison is a prerequisite. More effort should be given to encourage involvement from East European colleagues in the next GASAT Conference. When the Eindhoven University Group took the initiative to organize the Third European GASAT Conference in 1992 one of its main objectives became to get together participants from East and West Europe. With financial assistance of the Eindhoven University of Technology a planning committee was constituted. The committee has taken full responsi- bility for all aspects concerning the conference, assisted by a Dutch and an International Advisory Board as well. All groups have been working hard to realize the third European GASAT conference as a meeting of colleagues from East and West, where current initiativesin research and intervention programmes will be discussed and joint European projects challenged. The planning committee is thankful for support from the Dutch Ministry of Education and Science and also from Hutch industry. Of course the most important contribution is coming from the participants. We received 43 papers of which 12 by authors from last-European countries. They have been classified according to the main themes and sub-themes of the conference and are published in that order in two volumes. It is our sincere wish that this flying start is the prelude of a succesful conference! On behalf of the planning committee, Marijke van Vonderen Maria Brand INTRODUCTION GASAT conferences bring together women and men who are concerned to encourage research and interventions into all aspectsof gender differentiation in science and technology education and employment. Gender aspectsin the field of natural sciences and technology is the main subject of thisbook that consists of two volumes, containing the formal papers that havebeen accepted for the Third European GASAT Conference on Gender Scienceand Technology 1992. Following the tradition of GASAT-conferencesthe Contributions are distributed in advance of the conference. This procedurehas also been used at the first and second European GASATconferences at Elsinor, Denmark in 1986 and Jonkoping, Sweden in 1990. Objectives of this third conference are to provide perspectives on joint European projects and to stimulate exchange of ideas and experiences ineach European country with regard to current initiatives related to interventionand research in education, schooling and employment. Participants in the European GASAT Conference '92 representapproximately 25 countries. The planning committee received 43 paperswhich are organized according to four main themes and an excursion: 1. Education and Sc This theme includes papers which deal with the social contextof learning, instruction and eduction, but also includes papers whichfocus on the choice of school subjects, access totechnical educations and continuing adult education in the area of career development. For this theme 23 papers are submitted; they have been subdividedinto 6 subthemes. 2. Employment This theme includes papers which deal with values withregard to employment in engineering and the combination of work and family. Also papers focusing on restrictions and strategies of professional career development belong to this theme. Nine papers are submitted forthis theme and they have been divided in three subthemes. 3. Research Methodology and Evaluation of Interventions This theme consists of two subthery es, the first includes three papers which focus on research methodology and the second subtheme consists of three papers discussing evaluations of interventions. 4. Joint European Projects Three papers either discuss existing European projects or challenge setting up those projects Excursion: House of the Future In preparation of a GASAT-excursion to the Dutch Houseof the Future, two papers have been written. Ar the Conference they willbe discussed in one of the Workshops. Within each sub-theme the papers are arranged alphabeticallyaccording to the first author's name. Some of the papers contribute to more than onesub- theme. In that case other criteria such as distribution of authorsform East and West Europe and a maximum of four papers per sub-themehave been used for assignment to a theme. The English of the papers received before due time have beencorrected, if necessary. We are grateful to Jan Hardingfor her mediation. The formal papers published in these two volumes precede othercontributions to be expected at the conference:the keynote addresses, poster papers and theses for round table discussions. They are the basis for exchangeof ideas and experiences in paper sessions, workshops and round table meetings.The planning committee is looking forward to meet all of you at the Eindhoven conference. ry Organization and members * * , Planning committee dr. Marijke van Vonderen drs. Marja Brand drs. Annita Alting Oda Weyers drs. Ria Hermanussen drs. Wilma Groenendaal Dutch Advisory Board dr. Ilja Mottier drs. Annie Oude Avenhuis dr. Jan Raat drs. Hi lde Scholtens drs. Annemarie van dr Vusse drs. Henrittte Horlings International Advisory Board dr. Jan Harding Hanne Kock dr. Ilja Mottier dr. Dimitrina Petrova dr. Jan Raat dr. Svein Sjoberg CONTENTS I REFLECTIONS ONGASAT WORK IN THE FIELD OFEDUCATION AND SCHOOLING 1 Science andtechnology education in East and West Europe page Brand, Marja The Netherlands 3 Ten years Mont project girls into physics and technologyeducation Durndell,