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Sylvan Learning is utilizing hands-on courses to get women engaged in STEM fields at a young age. The brand's education centers have introduced a robotics program to bring STEM into the classroom in a fun and educational way.
Monica Wolf of Sylvan Learning discussed how the brand’s education centers are utilizing hands-on courses to get women engaged in the fields of STEM at a young age.
According to the most recent report from the American Society for Engineering Education, women represent less than 25 percent of Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees in engineering. And studies from Engineer Your Life and Changing the Conversation have found that young girls don’t have the proper understanding of the engineering field, causing them to shy away from a lucrative industry.
“Because girls have shied away from this field in the past, we want to get them active and engaged at a young age. We introduced our robotics program to bring STEM into the classroom in a fun and educational way,” Wolf said.
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on October 28, 2016. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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