Skip to Main Content
The New Shop Class: Getting Started with 3D Printing, Arduino, and Wearable Tech
book

The New Shop Class: Getting Started with 3D Printing, Arduino, and Wearable Tech

by Joan Horvath, Rich Cameron
May 2015
Beginner content levelBeginner
300 pages
9h 3m
English
Apress
Content preview from The New Shop Class: Getting Started with 3D Printing, Arduino, and Wearable Tech

CHAPTER 10

image

Creating Female Makers

Engineering and science have historically been mostly male—overwhelmingly so, until very recently. When Joan arrived at MIT, the percentage of women students was about 16%, and it had risen to about 20% by the time she graduated. This chapter starts with Joan’s viewpoint of how this disparity has played out, talks about some statistics, and discusses some projects that are attempting to attract more female makers. There are probably as many hypotheses about why women turn away from math, science, and engineering as there are female technologists. Joan will explore a few of her hypotheses in the next section. ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Mastering 3D Printing in the Classroom, Library, and Lab

Mastering 3D Printing in the Classroom, Library, and Lab

Joan Horvath, Rich Cameron

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781484209042Purchase book