Gender in Science and Technology
Waltraud Ernst
Science & Math
Gender in Science and Technology
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What role does gender play in scientific research and the development of new technologies? This book provides methodological expertise, research experiences and empirical findings in the dynamic field of Science and Technology Studies. Topics range from the design of information and communication technologies, epistemologies of biology and history of chemistry to teaching mathematics and professional processes in engineering.

Was ist die Wirkungsweise von Geschlecht in naturwissenschaftlicher Forschung und der Entwicklung neuer Technologien? Das Buch präsentiert methodologische Expertise, Forschungserfahrungen und empirische Ergebnisse im dynamischen Feld der Naturwissenschafts- und Technologieforschung. Themen umfassen die Entwicklung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien, Erkenntnisprozesse in der Biologie und der Chemiegeschichte, Didaktik der Mathematik und Entwicklungen in den Ingenieurberufen.

Language
English
ISBN
978-3-8376-2434-2
cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
A. Gender in the Design Processes of New Technologies
Gendering the Technological Imagination
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Feminist Interventions in the Design Process
Searching for Methodology
Masks between the Visible and the Invisible
B. Gender in Epistemological Foundations of Science and Technology
Homunculus in the Hormones?
Motherhood and Scientific Innovation
Diffraction Patterns?
Gender Research as Knowledge Resource in Technology and Engineering
C. Reflecting Un/equal Conditions for Participation
Can Women Engineers be ‘Real Engineers’ and ‘Real Women’?
Similar But Different?
Gender Competence in Mathematics Teacher Education
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