Inhalt: "The lack of new students in the MINT subjects - particularly the lack of women - is a reason for numerous root cause analyzes. The author reviews this field from the opposite direction. In her article 'Male-dominated computer world - women's paths to informatics' she further unveils this phenomenon by analyzing biographies of women, who already found their way into computer science. In her biographical approach, the author has these women report on their motives for choosing informatics. There are many reasons why relatively few women are studying MINT subjects. As the author points out, social stereotypes play a major rote when choosing subjects. But causes can be found in learning theory as well. Students (and mostly female students) are impaired because teaching in science-related lessons often benefits serial learners, while holistic learners - to which the majority of students belong - have their difficulties with this kind of teaching. And since students use preferences and achievements in school to predict a possible success in their studies they turn away from MINT subjects." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Informatik; Computer; Ausbildung; Studium; Gymnasium; Mann; vergleichende Forschung; Studentin; Student; Informationstechnologie; Kommunikationstechnologie
CEWS Kategorie:Geschlechterverhältnis, Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Berufsbiographie und Karriere, Studium und Studierende
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz