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Abstract
Escalation of concern in gender and science/technology is reviewed by reference to a bibliometric study of literature published in the field and to the International GASAT Conferences (Girls and Science and Technology). A brief survey of topics addressed at the 1987 GASAT 4 Conference is included.
It is argued that the realities of involvement of girls/women in science/technology in any one time and place depends on the interactions of three factors: the expections of males and females in that society, the image and practice of science and technology and the objectives and organization of education. These are briefly expanded and a final section reports on recent studies in Thailand and in Australia where these factors lead to rather different outcomes.
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Jan Harding
Copies of titles of papers and authors’ addresses of GASAT 4 Conference may also be obtained from this address.