For female leaders of tomorrow: Cultivate an interdisciplinary mindset

The call for empowering women to participate fully in all sectors of society posits that women's participation is key to economic growth, political stability, and social transformation. Approaches to achieve such participation, however, are trivialized due to existing gender biases and women co...

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Published in2017 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East pp. 1 - 6
Main Author Lopez-Gonzalez, Monica
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.2017
Subjects
arts
Cognition
cognitive sciences
Decision making
empowerment
Engineering profession
inter disciplinarity
leadership
mentorship
pre-university and university education
Production
project-based learning
STEAM
STEM
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Summary:The call for empowering women to participate fully in all sectors of society posits that women's participation is key to economic growth, political stability, and social transformation. Approaches to achieve such participation, however, are trivialized due to existing gender biases and women continue to lag behind in STEM professions. In this article I argue for the transformative power of an interdisciplinary mindset - particularly one engendered by a STEAM education whereby 'A' stands for Arts-as a catalyst for STEM careers and beyond. Furthermore, I conclude that STEAM will prevail in the hands of interdisciplinary leaders.
DOI:10.1109/WIE.2017.8285606