• DocumentCode
    1722192
  • Title

    Work In Progress: Speaking Out on the Chilly Classroom Climate - Women Engineering Students Tell All

  • Author

    Persaud, Anita ; Salter, Daniel ; Yoder, Edgar ; Freeman, Amy

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    19
  • Lastpage
    20
  • Abstract
    Presented here are preliminary results of a qualitative research study seeking to find out what it is about the engineering classroom environments that women students find unappealing. These findings are important in guiding faculty and administrators in presenting engineering classes which are equitable to both male and female students. Such changes are critical for long term impacts on recruitment, retention and graduation of more women in this field
  • Keywords
    engineering education; gender issues; chilly classroom climate; engineering classroom; women students; Computer science; Education; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Environmental management; Law; Legal factors; Recruitment; Technology management; chilly classroom climate; engineering environment; qualitative results; retention & graduation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education Conference, 36th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0256-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0190-5848
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.2006.322361
  • Filename
    4116872