Pilot exploration of gender inclusivity of engineering students’ exposure to engineering practice in an Australian university
Pilot exploration of gender inclusivity of engineering students’ exposure to engineering practice in an Australian university
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澳大利亚大学工科学生接触工程实践的性别包容性试点探索
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2015
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C. MacNish
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S. Male;C. MacNish
摘要 在澳大利亚，女性在工程专业学生和执业工程师中的代表性仍然不足，这对社会造成了损害。许多研究表明，工程工作场所具有不具有性别包容性的特征。因此，通过增加行业参与来改善工程教育的努力也可能会导致非包容性的学生体验，从而产生潜在的有害结果。本研究报告了对学生工程师行业参与性别包容性的试点调查。我们探讨了在澳大利亚城市大学学习的学生接触工程实践的经历。该研究使用了可能的自我框架，研究了激励人们实现或避免可能的未来自我的因素[Markus, H., and P. Nurius。 1986.“可能的自我”。美国心理学家 41：954–969。]。通过对四名女性和两名男性工程专业学生的采访，我们发现了学生所经历的性别遭遇以及这些遭遇对他们对未来和当前方向的看法的影响。女学生报告的性别遭遇被边缘化的情况与其他研究中女工程师报告的情况类似。该试点项目强调了进一步调查的必要性。
Abstract To society’s detriment, women remain under-represented among engineering students and practicing engineers in Australia. Many studies have shown that engineering workplaces have features that are not gender inclusive. Efforts to improve engineering education by increasing industry engagement might therefore also result in non-inclusive student experiences, with potentially detrimental outcomes. This study reports on a pilot investigation of the gender inclusivity of industry engagement by student engineers. We explored experiences of exposure to engineering practice by students who were studying at an urban Australian university. The study used the framework of possible selves, which examines the factors that motivate people to achieve or avoid possible future selves [Markus, H., and P. Nurius. 1986. “Possible Selves.” American Psychologist 41: 954–969.]. Through interviews with four female and two male engineering students, we discovered gendered encounters experienced by students and the impacts these had on their perception of their future and their current directions. The female students reported marginalising gendered encounters similar to those reported by female engineers in other studies. The pilot highlights the need for further investigation.