Perceptions of engineering from female secondary college students in regional Victoria
Darby, Linda, Hall, Stephen, Dowling, Kim and Kentish, Barry 2007, Perceptions of engineering from female secondary college students in regional Victoria, in AAEE 2003 : Sustainable engineering education : Proceedings of the 2003 Australasian Association for Engineeering Education Conference, Australasian Association for Engineeering Education, Melbourne, Vic., pp. 507-516.
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Perceptions of engineering from female secondary college students in regional Victoria
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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