Mujeres israelíes talentosas en las ciencias: Estado del arte

Abstract

Israeli high ability girls have achieved highly in science at all educational levels. The number of girls learning  high level mathematics in high school has already outnumbered that of boys; more girls than boys learn  biology and chemistry at the highest possible level, more of them pass the matriculation examinations and  more excel in them. As a result there is already a female majority in many scientific areas at the university  level, without any decline at the graduate level. The rate of girls and young women participation in each  scientific area varies, with a maximal rate in life sciences and minimal – in physics. Among Arabs, the largest  minority in Israel, girls and young women outperform male’s achievements even further, and thus Arab  women have been doing the largest educational advance in comparison to any other subpopulation in the  last 30 years.

Keywords:

mujeres talentosas

Israel

ciencia

talented women

Israel

science

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