2024-11- 08 Ulrika Sultan

09:00-10:00 Zoom Room

Ulrika Sultan is a lecturer at the School of Science and Technology, Örebro University. She has a PhD in technology education. Her extended bio can be found here.

In this seminar, she will share insights from critically examining the "non-technical girl" in Swedish technology education.

HerUlrika's doctoral studies resulted in four papers exploring girls' engagement, self-image, and performativity in technology contexts. In her seminar, Sshe will unpack each concepts even further by using WPR analysis. The results point to a need to rethink what we thought we knew. This talk will share what Ulrika learned about girls in technology and STEM and how the WPR helped her understanding.

Here is the link to her dissertation:

and her other publications: I. Sultan, U., Axell, C., & Hallström, J. (2019). Girls’ engagementwith technology education: A scoping review of theliterature. Design and Technology Education: An InternationalJournal, 24(2), 20–41.http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1221436.pdf II. Sultan, U., Axell, C., & Hallström, J. (2020). Technical or not?Investigating the self-image of girls aged 9 to 12 whenparticipating in primary technology education. Design andTechnology Education: An International Journal, 25(2), 175–191. http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1265255.pdf III. Sultan, U., Axell, C., & Hallström, J. (2023). Bringing girls andwomen into STEM?: Girls’ technological activities andconceptions when participating in an all-girl technologycamp. International Journal of Technology and DesignEducation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-023-09831-z IV. Sultan, U. (2023). Gendering the curriculum. In A. Hardy(Ed.), Debates in Design and Technology Education, SecondEdition. New York: Routledge.