Women in the rat race : women's careers in technological higher education
Titelübersetzung:Frauen im ständigen Konkurrenzkampf: Hochschulkarriere von Frauen in technologischen Fachbereichen
Autor/in:
Béraud, André
Quelle: Encouragement to advance - supporting women in European science careers. Anke Lipinsky (Hrsg.). Bielefeld: Kleine (cews.Beiträge Frauen in Wissenschaft und Forschung), 2009, S. 154-183
Inhalt: "Also supported by the 6th EU Framework Programme, the PROMETEA project is described in the article 'Women in the rat race'. The aim of the project was to develop a better understanding of gender issues in various engineering and technology research settings. It involved seventeen teams from thirteen countries along with a private company. The experience and recommendations resulting from this project in this special area should receive broad dissemination." (excerpt)
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 8 (2002) No. 1, S. 41-52
Inhalt: "Achievement-related beliefs were examined among a group of 238 college students in engineering (38 female, 104 male) and nonengineering majors (57 female, 39 male) to understand why women enter engineering majors at a low rate and are more likely than men to leave such majors. The results indicated that (a) among the engineering majors, women were more likely than men to identify engineering aptitude as a fixed ability, a belief that was associated with a tendency to drop classes when faced with difficulty; (b) female engineering majors were more likely to perceive male and female engineering students as receiving different treatment than their male counterparts; and (c) female engineering majors tended to place more emphasis on extrinsic factors and less emphasis on intrinsic factors than female nonengineering majors, a pattern not seen among men. Implications for intervention programs are discussed." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Studentin; Ingenieurwissenschaft; Ingenieurin; Planung; Karriere
CEWS Kategorie:Berufsbiographie und Karriere, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Moving women from school to work in science : curriculum demands, adult identities and life transitions
Autor/in:
Eisenhart, Margaret
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 7 (2001) No. 3, S. 199-213
Inhalt: "This article proposes that the organization of some college curriculum programs as
well as some workplaces presents special and perhaps unnecessary obstacles to women
who might pursue science or engineering. The article begins with a framework for thinking
about connections between school and work in various fields. This section reveals
important differences in the way college degree programs are organized and in their
implications for the transition to work. Some programs, such as in physics, construct
a 'tight' link between school and work; others, such as in sociology, construct much
looser links. The article proceeds by reviewing results of previous ethnographic research
about women's actual experiences in college and work. This section suggests that during
the period of transition from college to work, women face special cultural demands
that interfere with their pursuit of degrees in tight programs. Joining the lessons
from the two preceding sections, the argument is made that the tight organization
of some college and workplace environments asks more of women than they can give and
helps explain why women continue to be under represented in some fields. The argument
has testable implications for the design of curricularprograms and workplace environments
that might attract more women (and perhaps more minorities and men) to science and
engineering." (author's abstract)|