Title Study choices leading women to engineering and technological careers: case of Lithuanian /
Translation of Title Mokslo suvokimo įtaka inžinerijos ir technologijos mokslų studijų pasirinkimui. Lietuvos atvejis.
Authors Šidlauskienė, Virginija Stefanija
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Is Part of Socialiniai tyrimai = Social research.. Šiauliai : Šiaulių universiteto leidykla. 2011, Nr. 1, p.65-78.. ISSN 1392-3110
Keywords [eng] study course ; traditional ; interdisciplinary ; gender ; E&T
Abstract [eng] The paper summarises the Lithuanian specific case studies, providing gender specific data on traditional and innovative pilot degree courses in E&T and identifying innovative study programs in engineering, then there is a comparison of traditional and interdisciplinary study courses. For that purpose an in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis of some engineering study programmes grounded on transnational iterative methodology has been done. From this first analysis, a set of Lithuanian case studies has been selected for further analysis of students' perception of E&T studies. The paper summarises the results found after an in-depth examination of these selected case studies for a posterior evaluation of the success of pilot projects in E&T in attracting more female engineering students. The research draws up whether women are more likely than men to study engineering because of its perceived societal and cultural impact, and whether women are more attracted to engineering programs in universities that include an interdisciplinary approach, student-centred learning and the teaching and empowering studies environment.
Published Šiauliai : Šiaulių universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2011