The influence of gender in the adoption of engineering studies

Author

Vazquez Alejos, Ana ; Garcia Sanchez, Manuel ; Milagros, Maria Pilar ; Falcone, Francisco ; Sanchis, Pablo ; Lopez-Martin, Antonio

Author_Institution

Dipt. Teor. de la Senal y Comun., Univ. de Vigo, Vigo, Spain

fYear

2014

fDate

11-13 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Gender equality is one of the major goals in the social development of XXI century. In this work we analyzed the role of gender in the adoption of college studies focused on scientific and technical fields, with emphasis on engineering studies. As is apparent, it is necessary to continue to promote such studies in order to achieve those objectives of equality. An ongoing survey is described to investigate the factors of gender segregation in this career. It is also proposed to transfer to the classroom measures that encourage the presence of women in electrical engineering.

Keywords

educational institutions; electrical engineering; engineering education; gender issues; social sciences; XXI century; classroom measures; electrical engineering; engineering study adoption; gender equality objectives; gender influence; gender segregation; scientific fields; social development; technical fields; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Engineering profession; Europe; Market research; Writing; Engineering Degrees; European Higher Education Area (EHEA); Gender Influence; Women in Engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Tecnologias Aplicadas a la Ensenanza de la Electronica (Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching) (TAEE), 2014 XI

Conference_Location

Bilbao

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TAEE.2014.6900178

Filename

6900178