Gender Equality as a Resource and a Dilemma: Interpretative Repertoires in Engineering Education in Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Silfver, Eva; Gonsalves, Allison J.; Danielsson, Anna T.; Berge, Maria
Titel	Gender Equality as a Resource and a Dilemma: Interpretative Repertoires in Engineering Education in Sweden
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 34 (2022) 8, S.923-939 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gonsalves, Allison J.) ORCID (Danielsson, Anna T.) ORCID (Berge, Maria)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2021.1963419
Schlagwörter	College Students; Females; Engineering Education; Foreign Countries; Sex Fairness; Discourse Analysis; Self Concept; Gender Issues; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ingenieurausbildung; Ausland; Sexualaufklärung; Diskursanalyse; Selbstkonzept; Geschlechterfrage; Schweden
Abstract	This article explores how female university students' abilities to present themselves as 'authentic' engineers are imbricated with discursive constructions of gender and gender equality. The empirical data comes from interviews and video diaries collected with three female engineering students. The analysis demonstrates the power of the Swedish gender equality discourse to inform the students' talk as they negotiate their gendered identities to become intelligible as engineering students and engineers. We suggest that gender equality is used as a resource in the repertoires, but we also demonstrate that this discourse becomes a dilemma in that it limits possibilities for gender performances to go beyond old patterns. Despite this, the article still shows three unique ways of negotiating gender and other social categories in different situations connected to university learning and participation in internships. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01