CEWS Kategorie:Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Wissenschaft als Beruf
Dokumenttyp:Graue Literatur, Bericht
Women in science: can they be disturbing elements?
Autor/in:
Benckert, Sylvia; Staberg, Else-Marie
Quelle: Nora : Nordic journal of women's studies, Vol. 9 (2001) No. 3, S. 162-171
Inhalt: "The results from interviews with Swedish women chemists and physicists concerning studies and work in academia are discussed in this article, with an emphasis on working life. We examine the take-up of postgraduate studies, deal with women's experiences of male power and dominance in academia and relate some positive experiences. We discuss the gendered culture of science and the connection between this culture and the organization of domestic work, and end with the question whether women can be disturbing elements and change the culture of science." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Wissenschaft als Beruf, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
The loss of women from science, mathematics, and engineering undergraduate majors : an explanatory account
Autor/in:
Seymour, Elaine
Quelle: Science education, Vol. 79 (1995) No. 4, S. 437-473
Inhalt: "The reasons for the loss of high ability women from science, mathematics, and engineering undergraduate majors are not well understood. However, investigators have, consistently, found an early loss of confidence in their ability to do science among such women. In seeking to explain why the vulnerability of women to leaving science majors greatly exceeds that of men, the author draws upon the findings of a 3-year, ethnographic study of factors contributing to high undergraduate attrition rates among men and women of different ethnicities on seven campuses of different type. The explanatory focus is upon the consequences of a misfit between the learned expectations of women entering college mathematics and science classes, and those of faculty and male peers, about the purpose and nature of the undergraduate experience in these majors." (author's abstract)