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Maria Rönnlund; Aina Tollefsen – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2025
The article addresses school-to-work transitions among young women in a strongly male dominated professional sphere -- the transport industry. Drawing on interviews with two girls over the time span 2015-2022 and visits to their upper secondary school 2016-2019, the study focuses on how power structures related to gender play out in the…
Descriptors: Females, Disproportionate Representation, Work Environment, Power Structure
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Gonsalves, Allison J.; Johansson, Anders; Nyström, Anne-Sofie; Danielsson, Anna T. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
For young women, inbound identity trajectories into physics are generally regarded as exceptional. In this study, we investigated the experiences that young women have which may support their sustained interest and achievement in physics, and their ongoing inbound trajectories into post-secondary physics education. To understand these experiences,…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Females, Self Concept
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Kodate, Naonori; Kodate, Kashiko; Kodate, Takako – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
The phenomenon of women's underrepresentation in engineering is well known. However, the slow progress in achieving better gender equality here compared with other domains has accentuated the "numbers" issue, while the quality aspects have been largely ignored. This study aims to shed light on both these aspects via the lens of mentors,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Mentors