PRESENTATIONS — SKY Labo

OUR RESEARCH

While SKY Labo mainly works on providing women's STEM education with a twist of design thinking, we have also been collecting data from the participants so that we can track changes in the participants’ perceptions towards STEM, gender, and learning.

Over the past four years, over 300 students and educators have participated in our program. As a part of the SKY Labo program, female students and their parents are contributing to cutting-edge international research through surveys created by our team of researchers at Stanford University. According to the 2016 survey results, SKY Labo’s workshops have increased the female students’ interest towards STEM and have boosted their creative confidence*.

With our curriculum, we strive to continue drawing out the creative potential of female students, increase the number of active women in the STEM field, and support the development of human resources who produce innovation. By participating in our programs, students and their parents contribute to cutting-edge international research through surveys by our team of researchers at Stanford University and Toronto University.

MINDSET

We have been able to observe measurements of change in their mindset, such as creative confidence — “the natural ability to come up with new ideas and the courage to try them out.” Students who participate in our program feel that they are more creative, giving them the audacity to work on a problem that does not have an obvious solution.

Also, students who complete our program think that they can continue to work on a problem after experiencing a significant setback or failure. This mindset is very important in increasing the sense of self-efficacy among students.

STEM

Our findings show that students have shifted their perceptions towards STEM subjects after participating in our program. They often thought of STEM experts as someone wearing a white coat who works alone in a lab, but this perception has shifted to one that is more inter-disciplinary and collaborative.

GLOBAL AWARENESS

There are also measurements of change in their global prosocial attitude. Students also agreed that if you want to make a world a better place, then one should pursue a career in STEM fields.