Essays about: "Women in engineering and science"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Women in engineering and science.

  1. 1. EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT ATTITUDES AMONG STUDENTS TOWARDS WOMEN AND MEN IN MALE- AND FEMALE-DOMINATED FIELDS OF WORK AND STUDY

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Fay van Tussenbroek; [2023]
    Keywords : implicit attitudes; explicit attitudes; gender stereotypes; STEM; HEED;

    Abstract : Abstract Gender inequality is considered an issue in many countries and gender roles could play an important role in this. Specifically, gender stereotypes suggest that STEM (i.e., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is more seen as “male” and HEED (i. READ MORE

  3. 2. Fear of Failure in Swedish 9th Grade Students and its effect on their decision to study STEM : A quantitative study

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kemi och biomedicin (KOB)

    Author : Melanie Büchele de Montes; [2021]
    Keywords : Imposter phenomenon; STEM attrition; Gender; gymnasieval;

    Abstract : Sweden faces a recruitment problem in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It has been suggested that imposter phenomenon, a feeling of fraudulence and inability to internalize success, may be the reason why many individuals, especially women, leave STEM fields. READ MORE

  4. 3. Beslutsgrund : en studie av utbildningsval bland kvinnliga elever på gymnasieskolans Naturvetenskaps- och Teknikprogram

    University essay from KTH/Lärande

    Author : Louise Björlin Svozil; [2018]
    Keywords : choice of education; women; high school; interest; grounded theory; science education; technology education; studieval; kvinnor; gymnasieskolan; intresse; grundad teori; Naturvetenskaps-programmet; Teknikprogrammet;

    Abstract : Ingenjörsutbildningar i Sverige har på ungefär hundra år gått från att enbart ta in män till en andel av 36 procent kvinnliga studenter. Även om en jämställd könsfördelning går framåt är andelen kvinnor på vissa program så låg som 16 procent. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bangladeshi women breaking societal norms : A field study of women who are attending engineering and science educations at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Granlöf; Idah Orebrand; [2018]
    Keywords : Women in engineering and science; Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology BUET ; gender equality; societal norms; barriers and obstacles.;

    Abstract : Women and men are equal by law in Bangladesh, but the societal reality shows a different picture. By illuminating the obstacles women face when entering and choosing an engineering and science program and what enables women to overcome obstacles, this thesis aims to answer why there are fewer women than men at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). READ MORE

  6. 5. ‘I am an Anorexic’: Tensions in Discursive Relationships of Gender, Identity and Health Through a Case Study of a Pro-Anorexia Website

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Stephanie Flanagan; [2011]
    Keywords : Pro-ana; anorexia; late modernity; identity; critical discourse analysis; online communities; reappropriation; Technology and Engineering; Medicine and Health Sciences; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite the vast amount of research done around anorexia nervosa, anorexia as an identity, rather than only a disease, has barely been explored. Within Giddens' 'late modernity' concept, the growth of technology has caused individuals to use machines as mirrors to evaluate their image within society. READ MORE