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ACTIVITY ONE: WHAT IS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM)?
What does WAGGGS want to know? We want to see how much understanding girls/youths have of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) topics right now. Please record the words the groups wrote under each heading.
- Science
- Technology
- Engineering
- Mathematics
ACTIVITY TWO: HOW DO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) MAKE YOU FEEL
What does WAGGGS want to know? We want to understand if Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is felt by girls/youths to be a positive or a negative thing, and how girls/youths feel about the topics. How many girls/youths agreed that they would feel the following? Please record a number against each of the feelings listed. (Answers need to be in numerical format)
- Fun
- Exciting
- Interesting
- A good challenge
- Boring
- Hard work
- Too much like school
- Too serious
- Please record any other feelings mentioned here (open-ended question)
ACTIVITY THREE: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) JOBS
What does WAGGGS want to know? We would like to know whether girls/youths understand that Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills are of use in a very large range of jobs.
- Please list the jobs and careers that they mentioned here (open-ended question)
ACTIVITY FOUR: THE WAY THE WORLD IS NOW
What does WAGGGS want to know? We would like to understand whether girls/youths see that in many Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) jobs, women are underrepresented. Please record each job discussed and whether your group felt more women, more men, or an equal number of men and women do that job.
- Use 'Women', 'Men' or 'Equal' to record the results against each job discussed, for example, if your group believed that more men were engineers than women, write: "Engineer - Men".
ACTIVITY FIVE: WHAT'S HOLDING US BACK?
What does WAGGGS want to know? If girls/youths are able to recognise the key reasons in their own community/country why there is not gender parity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) career opportunities.
- Please record their ideas of barriers women and girls face to participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers
ACTIVITY SIX: BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS
What does WAGGGS want to know? We would like to hear from girls/youths their ideas on what changes they want to see, to make access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and jobs equal. Please record their ideas to break each of the barriers identified.
- Please write the barrier down, followed by the ideas that the girls/youths gave to break this barrier down. For example: "No female role models: Find mentors in local Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) businesses to come and talk to our group"
ACTIVITY SEVEN: WHAT COULD WE DO?
What does WAGGGS want to know? What role girls/youths think Girl Guides/Girl Scouts could have in supporting our own girls to reach their potential in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), and the impact we could make in our community/world.
- What experiences, activities or opportunities girls/youths want as Girl Guides/Girl Scouts
- What they could do as Girl Guides/Girl Scouts to help break down barriers (eg through community action, awareness raising or asking decision makers for change)
PROFILE OF FOCUS GROUP
- Number of girls in the focus group (Please answer in numerical format)
- Number of boys in the focus group (Please answer in numerical format)
- Lowest age of focus group participants (Please answer in numerical format)
- Highest age of focus group participants (Please answer in numerical format)
- Where do the focus group participants come from?
- Urban/City
- Rural/Countryside
- Both of the above
- Would you be happy to share some photos/videos from the focus group activities you conducted?
- Yes (Continue to question 7)
- No (Continue to question 9)
- Photos/Videos - Please upload your photos/videos from the focus group activities to an online folder (e.g. Google Drive folder, Dropbox folder or any other cloud server) and share the link of the folder here. Kindly ensure you open permission for WAGGGS to access your folder.
- Media Consent - I hereby consent to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and its approved partners around the world making use of the photos/stories/video recordings of the group under my care as shared in this form in its charitable communications activities of all kinds, including marketing materials, media and press materials, reports, website and social media sites. I also consent for World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to store my personal information in case they need to contact me in the future about the photos/stories/video recordings of the group for whom I am signing this form on behalf of.
- Yes
- No
- Use this space for any additional comments you have about the consultation and STEM.
- Region
- Africa
- Arab
- Asia Pacific
- Europe
- Western Hemisphere
- Country/Territory (list of countries/territories provided per region)
INFORMATION OF RESPONDENT
- Name of person responding
- Role of person responding
- E-mail of person responding
- Responding on behalf of
- Member Organisation (Continue to question 6)
- Component Association (Continue to question 5)
- Name of Component Association
- Name of Girl Guide/Girl Scout unit or group
- Privacy - By checking “Yes”, I understand that WAGGGS will process the personal information provided in this survey in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection laws, for the purpose of consultation. I understand that WAGGGS will not share the personal information that I provide in the consultation with any other organisations.
- Yes
- No
