pICTureURpath

Fostering gender balance in pursuing ICT related studies and professions

AIM

“pICTureURpath – Fostering gender balance in pursuing ICT related studies and professions” aims to identify the key factors and actors that influence girls’ aspirations in pursuing Information and Communications Technology (ICT) studies and professions in Europe, with the scope to design a pedagogical framework for secondary pre-service and in-service teachers and non-formal educators, and pilot-experiment an intervention for proposing policy recommendations that have high potential for increasing the number of girls whose career choice or learning pathway leads to an ICT.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of pICTureURpath directly address building a pedagogical framework and policy intervention aiming to boost gender balance in pursuing ICT related studies and professions. The project will unpack the phenomenon of underrepresentation of girls in the field of ICT studies and career, and design a policy intervention that is scalable, transferable in EU and with a high potential of increasing the number of girls who picture their path in ICT studies and careers.

Support mutual learning and exchange of good practices within stakeholders in the field.

Identify the key factors and actors that influence girls’ aspirations in pursuing ICT studies and professions.

Develop a gender-responsive pedagogical framework for digital skills and competences in secondary education.

Enhance awareness and build the capacity of in-service and pre-service teachers in secondary education and non-formal educators.

Pilot the project’s policy intervention aiming at increasing girls’ aspirations in pursuing ICT studies and professions in Europe.

Produce policy recommendations and engage policy makers across the EU in discussions on scalability, transferability, and impact of the proposed intervention.