Gendered Interests in Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering: Intersections with Career Outcome Expectations

Autor/inn/en	Potvin, Geoff; McGough, Catherine; Benson, Lisa; Boone, Hank J.; Doyle, Jacqueline; Godwin, Allison; Kirn, Adam; Ma, Beverly; Rohde, Jacqueline; Ross, Monique; Verdin, Dina
Titel	Gendered Interests in Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering: Intersections with Career Outcome Expectations
Quelle	In: IEEE Transactions on Education, 61 (2018) 4, S.298-304 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Potvin, Geoff) ORCID (Benson, Lisa) ORCID (Godwin, Allison) ORCID (Kirn, Adam)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-9359
DOI	10.1109/TE.2018.2859825
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; STEM Education; Engineering Education; Disproportionate Representation; Student Attitudes; Student Interests; Computer Science; Biomedicine; Design; Occupational Aspiration; Womens Education; Undergraduate Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; STEM; Ingenieurausbildung; Schülerverhalten; Studieninteresse; Informatik; Biomedizin; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Grundstudium
Abstract	Contribution: The current study finds that female-identified students report stronger associations between "helping others" and interest in bioengineering/biomedical engineering than non-females, while they report less interest in electrical and computer engineering overall, with similar associations to factors such as "inventing/designing things" than non-females. Background: While women have made gains in STEM, electrical and computer engineering programs award 13% of their Bachelor's degrees to women while bioengineering/biomedical engineering programs award over 40%. Prior work suggests that women's persistent under-representation in electrical and computer engingeering may be due to them being drawn into other disciplines. Women persist in engineering at similar rates as men, so a better understanding of early college attitudes is needed. Research Questions: (1) How are career outcome expectations associated to electrical engineering, computer engineering, and bioengineering/biomedical engineering? (2) What are females' interests in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and bioengineering/biomedical engineering? (3) Are outcome expectations and major interests distinct for female-identified students? Methodology: Regression analyses were conducted on multiply-imputed data of introductory engineering students at four public universities in the U.S. Findings: Students associate inventing/designing things and "developing new knowledge and skills" to electrical engineering, and associate inventing/designing things and "working with people" (negative) to computer engineering. Students associate helping others and "supervising others" (negative) to bioengineering/biomedical engineering. Female-identified students are less interested in electrical and computer engineering, more interested in bioengineering/biomedical engineering, and associate helping others to bioengineering/biomedical engineering more strongly. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01