January 1st, 2015 | RESEARCH
In order to reframe how learning is organized in traditionally male-dominated areas of STEM education, the authors show how collaborative girl-boy pairs engaged with an “e-textiles” making activity. E-textiles are circuit activities combining needles, fabric, and conductive thread, challenging traditional gender practices related to both sewing and electronics.
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Jean Ryoo, Author, ExploratoriumRelated URLs
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Audience: Educators | Teachers | Learning Researchers | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Art | music | theater | Engineering | General STEM | Technology
Resource Type: Research Brief | Research Products
Environment Type: Making and Tinkering Programs | Public Programs