Science education for female indigenous gifted students in the Mexican context
Journal
Policy and practice in science education for the gifted : approaches from diverse national contexts
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Type
text::book::book part
Abstract
This chapter describes the Project Scientific Formation from a Gender Perspective in Mexico, wich supports development of gifted indigenous female students. It was started in 2010 by the programme Adopt a Talent (PAUTA) and operates in the Highlands of the state of Chiapas, wich is one of the Mexican regions with very low economic development. Students are identified by their teachers (who participate in a science-teaching program) as being gifted and with a special interest in science. This project includes a scholarship for each student and monthly, weekend-long meetings where they carry out scientific activities and talk to a woman scientist who describes her research work as well as her identity as a awoman in science, and the obstacles she has had to overcome. Female scientist serve as a role model for these girls who are triply challenged for being female, indigenous, and poor. ©Taylor and Francis, 2017.
How to cite
García Franco, A., Verjovsky, J., Cisneros, R. A. y De la Torre García, G. (2017). Science education for female indigenous gifted students in the mexican context. En: Sumida, M y Taber, Keith S. (editores). Policy and practice in science education for the gifted : approaches from diverse national contexts, (Routledge research in achievement and gifted education), (pp. 159-169). New York : Taylor and Francis. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315814155