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Perceptions of engineering from female secondary college students in regional Victoria

conference contribution
posted on 2007-01-01, 00:00 authored by L Darby, S Hall, K Dowling, B Kentish
Survey and focus group interviews with female students in regional Victoria resulted in identification of four perceived barriers that influence them to exclude engineering as a career choice. These barriers were identified as a lack of interest in the perceived image, a lack of knowledge, a traditionally maledominated industry, and limited recognisable role models. This paper reports on what Year 10 females are saying about the barriers and, consequently, how engineering can be promoted to overcome these barriers.

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Event

Australasian Association for Engineering Education. Conference (2003 : Melbourne, Victoria )

Pagination

507 - 516

Publisher

Australasian Association for Engineeering Education

Location

Melbourne, Victoria

Place of publication

Melbourne, Vic.

Start date

2003-09-29

End date

2003-10-01

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1.1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2007, Australasian Association for Engineering Education

Title of proceedings

AAEE 2003 : Sustainable engineering education : Proceedings of the 2003 Australasian Association for Engineeering Education Conference

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