The impact of country of schooling and gender on secondary school students' conceptions of and interest in becoming an engineer in Ireland, Kenya and Sweden

• Main Authors: Jeffrey Buckley (Author), Lena Gumaelius (Author), Mercy Nyangweso (Author), Tomás Hyland (Author), Niall Seery (Author), Arnold Pears (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: SpringerOpen, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Given the disparities in gender representation, efforts are needed to make engineering education more inclusive and attractive to young people. It is important that those entering engineering education are making this decision with sufficient understanding of what it means to be...