Women, Science and Society

by Sue V. Rosser

Published 30 April 2000
This work calls for women to come together to shape the research agenda for biotechnologies and reproductive technologies to guide their implementation in ways to benefit all.

Sue Rosser's pioneering 1990 work ""Female Friendly Science"" introduced feminist teaching methods to maths and science education and gave us a six-stage model for transforming curricula to attract and retain women in science, engineering and mathematics programmes. So successful was this new pedagogical paradigm that its reforms were assimilated into mainstream science education but, ironically, sacrificed their appeal to women in the process. Now, in this study, Rosser revisits the feminist origins of curriculum transformation and puts the gender back in gender equity.