Women in Science: Peer Facilitators Take Up the Challenge.

Fenske, Wally

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ERIC Number: EJ292757

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1983

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Women in Science: Peer Facilitators Take Up the Challenge.

Fenske, Wally

School Guidance Worker, v39 n1 p29-33 Sep 1983

Describes a program to improve the low participation of Canadian women in science careers. The peer counseling program encouraged high school senior girls to serve as role models for younger girls and participate in a Women in Science Club which encouraged careers in science and mathematics. (JAC)

Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Mathematics Education, Nontraditional Occupations, Peer Counseling, Program Descriptions, Role Models, Science Careers, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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