Barbara Friehs, "The “Missing Species” – Female Students in STEM-Fields. A Qualitative Study on Young Austrian Female Students in Gender-Typical Disciplines and STEM-Fields," WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 12, pp. 86-94, 2015, DOI:
Barbara Friehs. The “Missing Species” – Female Students in STEM-Fields. A Qualitative Study on Young Austrian Female Students in Gender-Typical Disciplines and STEM-Fields.
WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education. 2015;12:86-94.
WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education
Print ISSN: 1790-1979, E-ISSN: 2224-3410
Volume 12, 2015
The “Missing Species” – Female Students in STEM-Fields. A Qualitative Study on Young Austrian Female Students in Gender-Typical Disciplines and STEM-Fields
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Abstract: Even though women in Europe, nowadays, have reached the highest education level ever in history, they are still underrepresented in STEM-fields. This study tries to identify factors that make young women opt for a gender-typical or gender-atypical study discipline. Especially the impact of teachers is focused on. 36 young women (n=36) were interviewed on motives related to their choice of academic studies. Various career choice theories form the theoretical framework. Recommendation on how to possibly raise the number of females in STEM-fields by improving the conditions in the school context conclude the study.
Pages: 86-94 WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1790-1979 / 2224-3410, Volume 12, 2015, Art. #9 DOI: *As the DOI is a unique identifier, it is already available in the pdf version.
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