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Going Beyond Gender Balance: Understanding the Intersection of Gender and the Engineering Experiences of Alumni
- Source :
- FIE
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- IEEE, 2018.
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Abstract
- This Research Full Paper investigates how students experience “gender-balanced“ engineering environments and how alumni narrate the stories of their experiences in such “gender-balanced“ engineering environments. Using the grounded theory approach, this study examines interviews of engineering alumni about their experiences in a “gender-balanced” educational environment. Using two emergent constructs, awareness and impact, we take a detailed look at how gender has shaped the participants’ undergraduate and post-graduate experiences. These constructs suggest that having parity in the number of men and women in an engineering institution is not sufficient for creating equitable environments for men and women to thrive.
- Subjects :
- ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION
05 social sciences
050301 education
Gender balance
Full paper
Grounded theory
050903 gender studies
Engineering education
Cultural diversity
ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION
Mathematics education
Sociology
0509 other social sciences
0503 education
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1595e067aa23ec9033a6e2ed4a488ae2