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Male, Sally A.; Gardner, Anne; Figueroa, Eugenia; Bennett, Dawn – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
Women remain severely under-represented in engineering in Australia as in all Western countries. This limits the pool of talent, standpoints and approaches within the profession. Furthermore, this under-representation equates to restriction of the benefits of being an engineer mainly to men. Gendered workplace experiences have been found to…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Interviews
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Vandekinderen, Caroline; Roets, Griet; Van Keer, Hilde; Roose, Rudi – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2018
Both in the international context and in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium), research shows that many young people experience social exclusion in relation to education. However, research evidence concerning structural social inequality in education is predominantly underpinned by an outcome-based approach, since educational policies and…
Descriptors: Social Differences, Human Capital, Vocational Education, Workplace Learning
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Wall, Tony; Tran, Ly Thi; Soejatminah, Sri – Vocations and Learning, 2017
National systems of vocational education and training around the globe are facing reform driven by quality, international mobility, and equity. Evidence suggests that there are qualitatively distinctive challenges in providing and sustaining workplace learning experiences to international students. However, despite growing conceptual and empirical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Vocational Education, Foreign Students