{"id":27770,"date":"2018-12-27T06:54:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T11:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gocoderz-new.lishenko.com\/?p=27770"},"modified":"2022-10-24T09:05:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T09:05:48","slug":"closing-gap-women-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gocoderz.com\/blog\/closing-gap-women-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing The Gap Between Men and Women in STEM | Guest Bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Closing The Gap Between Men and Women in STEM<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gender inequality in the workplace is nothing new. When women entered the workforce during World War II, it was out of necessity. During the feminist movement of the 1960s, women entered the workforce by choice. However, their options were quite limited. Most simply became secretaries, nurses, babysitters, or teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, women work in all fields, but, the hard sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics are still dominated by men. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is there is a reason that such a gap continues to exist in these particular fields? And what can be done to close this gap?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.gocoderz.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-29-at-15.50.50.png\" alt=\"girls coding - girls in stem\" class=\"wp-image-27618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-29-at-15.50.50.png 1160w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-29-at-15.50.50-600x374.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-29-at-15.50.50-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-29-at-15.50.50-1024x639.png 1024w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-29-at-15.50.50-768x479.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-29-at-15.50.50-304x190.png 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is STEM?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Educators across the country have been beating the drum for<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/01\/education\/edlife\/stem-jobs-industry-careers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">STEM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> expansion for years. This isn\u2019t necessarily a bad thing as any country\u2019s workforce that is proficient in science, technology, engineering and mathematics produces economic growth, advances scientific innovation and creates good jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For high school students, being labeled as a STEM graduate is seen as a positive boost to college applications, and the public assumes that STEM education leads graduates to fields rich in employment opportunity. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, the truth is that it takes more than just a STEM degree to get a job.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>STEM Jobs and Employment Outlooks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">STEM includes a diverse list of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/opub\/mlr\/2015\/article\/stem-crisis-or-stem-surplus-yes-and-yes.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">occupations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, including mathematicians, engineers, biomedical researchers, and more. The degree levels vary from bachelor to Ph.D Some professions lack qualified employees, like nuclear and electrical engineering Ph.D.\u2019s with U.S. citizenship. In other areas, such as biology Ph.D.\u2019s aiming to become professors, there are simply too many candidates.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. is<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mistempartnership.com\/about\/why-stem-is-important.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">failing to produce<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> enough skilled STEM workers to meet current employment needs and the demand will simply increase in the future:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. could be short three million high-skills workers by the end of this year<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In careers related to connected technologies, industry experts project a national shortage of half a million trained workers by 2020<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. Department of Labor projects that by 2020 there will be 1.4 million computer specialist job openings, while universities are projected to produce degreed candidates for only 30% of those jobs.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By 2020, there will be 1 million more IT jobs than there are computer science students in the U.S.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By 2022, 1.3 million Cybersecurity and IT positions will need filling<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two-thirds of the IT jobs employers need talent for arise from non-tech industries like healthcare, banking, or manufacturing<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Top 10 cities with the greatest demand for IT jobs are New York, Detroit, Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Seattle and Baltimore; but for every 8 openings in these cities, the talent pool yields only 5 workers<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research conducted by LinkedIn identified the STEM<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/01\/education\/edlife\/stem-jobs-industry-careers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">skills<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> most in demand. Of the top 10 in 2017 were computer skills, \u201cincluding expertise in cloud computing, data mining and statistical analysis, and writing smartphone applications.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the decade ending in 2024, 73% of STEM jobs will require computer skills, but only 6% will be in the physical and life sciences. Not only does the U.S. need more women in STEM, we need more women with computer skills.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.gocoderz.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pic1.jpg\" alt=\"learning computer science\" class=\"wp-image-27297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pic1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pic1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pic1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pic1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pic1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pic1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pic1-620x415.jpg 620w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pic1-304x203.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Women in STEM<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to recent research, only 27% of students taking an AP Computer Science exam in the U.S. are female. The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2018\/02\/the-more-gender-equality-the-fewer-women-in-stem\/553592\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">gender gap<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> only gets worse: Just 18% of American computer-science college degrees are conferred on women. Around the globe, women in other, more male-dominated societies, are not even given the opportunity to engage in STEM learning. But in the U.S., corporations and other interested parties are taking notice of the disparity.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/moiraforbes\/2018\/01\/04\/how-to-inspire-more-young-women-to-enter-stem-in-2018\/#6109038d1cd7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forbes magazine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> partnered with Audi of America in 2017 to launch the inaugural \u201cIdea Incubator,\u201d designed to inspire a new generation of female STEM leaders. Students from the New York University Tandon School of Engineering were asked to develop solutions to the issue of safe access to affordable transportation for women and girls.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The members of the winning team had some good advice for educators, parents, and women seeking STEM degrees:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aida Mehovic, Computer and Electrical Engineering Major: Bust the Math Myth<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There\u2019s a myth that if you\u2019re bad at math, you can\u2019t enter a STEM field. Having a natural competence in math can be helpful, but skill and intelligence grow with consistent practice and effort. Getting involved in projects is the first step to do this!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Camila Morocho, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Major: Spark Curiosity, Inside and Outside the Classroom<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I would encourage young women to be fearless and confident. Women should look past their fears of entering a male-dominated field with hopes of making their own mark. As my education progressed, I became fascinated with the human body and how elements and chemicals allow us to breath, live, and feel. To understand the body, it is not enough to just know biology, but also other subjects like Calculus, Physics, and Thermodynamics.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emily Muggleton, Mechanical Engineering Major with a Minor in Aerospace: Recognize the Role of Role Models<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The lack of visible female role models continues to be a major problem. In my opinion though, the real problem is that the women working within STEM are hiding in plain sight. One way to overcome this would be to spotlight examples of actual women succeeding in STEM which could inspire young women by giving them real-world examples to model themselves after.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These ladies are great examples of how a girl\u2019s rise in STEM is based on many factors, and any young lady can break through the inequality that exists. So, why are there so few successful women in STEM careers?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s Keeping Women Out of STEM?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s clear that low numbers of American women in STEM is an issue. While some will argue that the low numbers are due to not enough young female students being directed toward the sciences, research simply does not bear this out.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some suggest that women are choosing a work-life balance over the demanding careers in STEM. However, the research does not support this theory either.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More recent studies are adding to the mounting evidence that gender bias is driving women out of STEM careers. According to Joan C. Williams of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2015\/03\/the-5-biases-pushing-women-out-of-stem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harvard Business Review<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA 2012 randomized, double-blind study gave science faculty at research-intensive universities the application materials of a fictitious student randomly assigned a male or female name and found that both male and female faculty rated the male applicant as significantly more competent and hirable than the woman with identical application materials. A 2014 study found that both men and women were twice as likely to hire a man for a job that required math.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Williams\u2019s research with Kathrine W. Phillips and Erika V. Hall, also shows that biases push women out of science:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Bias 1: Prove-it-Again.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Two-thirds of the women interviewed, and two-thirds of the women surveyed, reported having to prove themselves over and over again \u2013 their successes discounted, their expertise questioned.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Bias 2: The Tightrope.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Women need to behave in masculine ways in order to be seen as competent\u2014but women are expected to be feminine.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Bias 3: The Maternal Wall.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Professional women with children often find themselves having their commitment and competence questioned, and opportunities start drying up.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Bias 4: Tug-of-War.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Studies show that women who have encountered discrimination early in their careers often distance themselves from other women.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Bias 5: Isolation.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Many women may perform excellently, but they are not invited to share their ideas.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While it is tempting to characterize the scarcity of women in STEM to education pipeline problems or women\u2019s personal choices, we should listen to women scientists: they believe the issue is gender bias, and the most recent research supports their view.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.gocoderz.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Competition-016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Competition-016.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Competition-016-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Competition-016-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Competition-016-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Competition-016-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Competition-016-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Competition-016-304x171.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Can We Fix The Issues?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While pipeline problems are not a big part of the women in STEM issue, the biases discovered by researchers can begin at the university level. Catherine Hill, PhD, presented specific steps to \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/research\/why-so-few\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create College Environments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That Support Women in Science and Engineering.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Things Students Can Do<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Actively recruit women into STEM majors<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Send an inclusive message about who makes a good science or engineering student<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emphasize real-life applications in early STEM courses<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teach professors about stereotype threat and the benefits of a growth mindset<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make performance standards and expectations clear in STEM courses<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Take proactive steps to support women STEM majors<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enforce Title IX in science, technology, engineering, and math<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Things the Faculty Can Do<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conduct departmental reviews to assess the climate for female faculty<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ensure mentoring for all faculty<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Support faculty work-life balance with stop-tenure-clock policies and on-site child care<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Counteract Bias<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn about your own implicit biases<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep your biases in mind and take steps to correct them<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Raise awareness about bias against women in STEM fields<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create clear criteria for success and transparency in the classroom and the workplace<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While these would be great steps forward in the university environment, businesses also need to do their part to retain STEM women in their employ. Biases are causing women to leave their jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While many<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2018\/04\/6-things-successful-women-in-stem-have-in-common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">women have managed to build highly successful careers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with degrees in STEM disciplines, the definition of highly successful is a matter of interpretation. A nationally representative survey of 3,212 individuals with STEM credentials differentiated what success for women in STEM really means.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Laura Sherbin, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harvard Business Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, researchers define success simply: satisfaction with your job, an obvious respect for your expertise, and a senior-level position. About 20% of women currently employed in STEM positions meet that definition. But, there are ways for women to improve their positions:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Telegraph confidence<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Claim credit for your ideas<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Invest in peer networks<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Build up prot\u00e9g\u00e9s<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Be authentic.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hone your brand<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is ultimately up to the women in STEM to take advantage of their positions and break through the biases.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the traditional refrain of \u201cwe need more women in STEM\u201d continues to play ad infinitum, the research shows that the true issue is not bringing women to STEM \u2013 it\u2019s keeping them there.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.gocoderz.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Anna_500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Guest Blogger CoderZ STEM Blog\" class=\"wp-image-27771\" width=\"229\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Anna_500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Anna_500x500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Anna_500x500-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Anna_500x500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/assets.gocoderz.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Anna_500x500-213x213.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"mark4mi4tszo0\" data-markjs=\"true\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"mark4mi4tszo0\" data-markjs=\"true\"><strong>Anna<\/strong><\/span><strong> Kucirkova<\/strong> works as a copywriter for over 4 years. She speaks 3 languages, loves traveling and has a passion for kids and writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While she has been to many places in Europe and South East Asia, she still wants to explore the rest of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Want to bring more girls and boys to the worlds of STEM and robotics? <a href=\"https:\/\/gocoderz.com\/request-evaluation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register now for a 14-day free trial of CoderZ<\/a> and let your students experience the world of coding, cyber robotics and gamified learning. May the code be with you!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is there such a gap between men and women in STEM? 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