In recent times women have been making their way into engineering, one of the most booming fields internationally. However, women enrollment in these careers in Mexico has grown slowly, only about 30 % of the total student population enrolled in an engineering related program are women. For the purposes of this research, a survey was applied to the students of three universities in the northwest region of Mexico confirmed a STEAM network aiming to promote enrollment, retention and gender equality on STEM careers, in order to present the outcome about their motivation for this career choice. As well as the future performance model of female students enrolled in engineering degrees. Findings have shown that there is no female model to follow, so it is proposed to include a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) model in the Schools of Engineering to increase preference and enrollment of women in this area of knowledge.

Article"Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I learn." -Benjamin Franklin. AbstractIn the context of technological dissemination sessions aimed at prospective students at the Polytechnic University of Baja California in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, the importance of engineering and its role in scientific and technological progress was stressed, as well as its role in scientific and technological progress as drivers of economic development in the region. A group of 2,154 students from 20 different institutions of public high school education answered a survey designed as an evaluation tool for a career path or technology area of interest. The survey results show that students have a low preference for engineering careers. Moreover, these results were augmented with an additional study on the high attrition of students in engineering schools in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, also conducted by the authors. It raises the importance of teaching science in the early education levels, which aims to prepare scientists and technologists needed for the development of research and innovation as a foundation for economic prosperity and welfare of an emerging economy such as Mexico.

En los últimos tiempos, las mujeres han incursionado con mayor frecuencia en el campo de la ingeniería, una de las carreras con mayor auge a nivel internacional. Sin embargo, la matrícula de las mujeres en México ha tenido un crecimiento lento: sólo corresponde al sexo femenino alrededor de 30% de la población total de estudiantes que cursan algún programa relacionado con ingeniería. Con el fin de dilucidar la motivación de la elección de esta carrera entre las mujeres, se aplicó una encuesta a las alumnas inscritas a la

<p><strong>Objetivo:</strong> evaluar el Curso Taller STEAM, impartido en línea, como un programa de desarrollo profesional docente a maestros de educación secundaria, el cual consistió en formar docentes en el diseño de un proyecto educativo basado en el enfoque STEAM.<br /><br /><strong>Diseño metodológico:</strong> se implementaron seis módulos de aprendizaje y dos instrumentos semiestructurados; el primero evalúa los módulos y el segundo recopila los conocimientos obtenidos en el curso y aplicados en su práctica docente. Las respuestas se clasificaron de acuerdo a una adaptación del modelo de evaluación de la capacitación de Kirkpatrick.<br /><br /><strong>Resultados:</strong> los resultados muestran un alto grado de satisfacción de los participantes y compromiso para su aplicación en el aula. Los docentes manifestaron que después del curso, han incorporado en su planeación didáctica las metodologías activas propias del modelo STEAM, estrategias para el desarrollo de habilidades para el siglo XXI y las tecnologías de la información.</p><p><strong>Limitaciones:</strong> los resultados de esta investigación, están limitados por la circunstancia en la que el curso fue impartido: a distancia, debido a las condiciones de la emergencia sanitaria, ya que fue pensado originalmente, para impartirse de manera presencial.</p><p><strong>Hallazgos:</strong> uno de los hallazgos importantes es haber identificado por parte de los profesores participantes, expresiones de confianza en los aprendizajes adquiridos y compromiso para llevarlos a la práctica en sus salones de clase. Se encuentra la necesidad que tienen los docentes de ejemplos y prácticas de contenidos curriculares aplicados al aula, del enfoque educativo STEAM.</p>

The educational model that is currently being implemented with the Polytechnic University of Baja California (UPBC) students of Engineering in Manufacturing Technology is presented in this paper. This model gives us the pattern of how to deal with the problem of teaching the nature of science and technology with quality, in particular, questions about how science and technology validate their knowledge and how it works in today's world. The nature of science includes aspects of epistemology and sociology, and the relationships with science, technology and society (STS): complex and innovative contents in science education (Acevedo, 2000). Also shown is the result of applying the Opinions Questionnaire on Science, Technology and Society (OQSTS), which allows an assessment of the views and attitudes of students on STS issues. Understanding these concepts: Science, Technology and Society is considered by specialists as a central axis of scientific alphabetization for all and as such, should be incorporated into the curricula of higher education and especially in Engineering as it enables awareness and changing attitudes of the student to confront ethical and moral dilemmas.