Research: All nonsense!? (Education Myths Part 3)

In episode 3 of our series on educational myths, psychologist Jana Asberger put the statement "Boys are naturally better than girls at STEM subjects!" to the test. We wanted to know in a small survey: Is this true, can the aptitude for certain subjects really be genetically anchored?

 

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56 per cent of our fans also agreed: "It's a frill". (21 percent believe "yes definitely" and 22 percent are unsure).

And: Those who answer "no" here are absolutely right, although girls do indeed show lower competences in the STEM subjects (Maths, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Technology) and there are significantly fewer women than men in courses of study and appointments in STEM subjects.

So why is this, although it has been proven that girls and boys have the same brain-physiological prerequisites?

The reasons for the sometimes poorer performance of girls in STEM subjects lie rather in the socialisation and role clichés that girls experience from an early age.

Both parents and educational professionals have unconscious gender-stereotypical beliefs that influence their actions.

to the complete article in the research blog "WortMelder

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