Experiences Teaching Machine Thinking with Gender Perspective in Schools
摘要
Women are underrepresented in technical and scientific disciplines due to gender stereotypes. This paper proposes a program of activities to introduce concepts related to engineering and computer science in early childhood education using a gender perspective. We atempt to promote female vocations and to develop a gender equality environment. Machine thinking concepts are taught using everyday childhood experiences and games, carefully selected to avoid propagating society’s gender stereotypes. Some activities are the simulation of a cook robot using our body, or the construction of a computer program like a children’s story. School’s staff perception were very positive. We also describe experiences of in-person dissemination in schools.