examined<\/a> What stands in the way of girls' desire for technology? The results show that boys interested in technology are more fascinated by technology itself, while girls interested in technology are more likely to focus on how technology can be used to improve the world.<\/p>\nThe same study also shows that unrealistic norms around technology and mathematics are a major culprit in the drama. The concept of technology seems to have a masculine connotation that few girls can identify with. In addition, girls tend to underestimate their own ability in mathematics to a greater extent.<\/p>\n
Schools have a central responsibility to shape a society where all students can reach their full potential and maximize their choices. If stereotypical gender norms stand in the way of learning, the education system must be a powerful counterweight.<\/p>\n
The fact that technical education programs do not attract enough girls is not a new phenomenon and many politicians have said they want to do something about the problem. Representatives of parties from left to right are making new promises about increasing the pace of gender equality work. But more fine words are not needed \u2013 we are demanding action and concrete measures already in primary school.<\/p>\n
The question is not whether electronics will continue to be central. The question is whether Sweden will maintain its role as an innovative player in the global market for solutions for sustainable development.<\/p>\n
The future will be built with smart electronics as a foundation. If our decision-makers do not seriously ensure that every student gets the chance to be part of that journey, other countries will overtake us. Sweden needs Swedish electronics. The industry needs new young talents. This requires immediate and comprehensive investments in schools. Without changes, we will lose large revenues to Swedish welfare. We simply cannot afford not to.<\/p>\n
Anna Wibom<\/span><\/strong>, Program Manager, Smarter Electronic Systems
\nCarl-Mikael Zetterling<\/span><\/strong>, professor, Royal Institute of Technology
\nChristina Hugosson<\/span><\/strong>, consultant, Effic
\nElizabeth Osterlund<\/span><\/strong>, CEO of Swedish Electronics
\nFredrik Tillman<\/span><\/strong>, Head of Research Microelectronics, Ericsson
\nJan Knutsson<\/span><\/strong>, global manager research and development, Epiroc
\nMaria Linner<\/span><\/strong>, head of business development senior care Nordics, Assa Abloy
\nMaria Mansson<\/span><\/strong>, Deputy Program Manager, Smarter Electronic Systems
\nMichael Joki<\/span><\/strong>,<\/span>\u00a0CEO of EEPAB
\nOlle Hulteberg<\/span><\/strong>, Chairman of the Board, Inission and Smarter Electronic Systems
\nPatrick Sandgren<\/span><\/strong>, business policy expert, Swedish Technology Companies
\nSofia Persson Bj\u00f6rk<\/span><\/strong>, manager electronics design, AFRY, chairman of the board of Svensk Elektronik<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under l\u00e5ng tid har Sverige haft en ledarposition i det globala innovationsracet, en roll som utmanas bland annat p\u00e5 grund av Sveriges r\u00e5dande ingenj\u00f6rsbrist. Fler \u00e4n \u00e5tta av tio svenska teknikf\u00f6retag inom elektronik anger att de har sv\u00e5rt att hitta anst\u00e4llda med r\u00e4tt kunskaper. Samtidigt forts\u00e4tter skolsystemet att misslyckas med att rekrytera kvinnor till utbildningar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":732213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-732212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-debatt"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svenskelektronik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svenskelektronik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svenskelektronik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svenskelektronik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svenskelektronik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/svenskelektronik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svenskelektronik.se\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svenskelektronik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svenskelektronik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svenskelektronik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}