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

J Buckley, L Gumaelius, M Nyangweso… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
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 …

UK and USA university outreach practices: the need to develop STEM learning pedagogies for student ambassador activity

C Gartland - STEM in Science Education and S in STEM, 2020 - brill.com
Abstract In the United States, the United Kingdom and other developed countries university
outreach initiatives have been developed to promote progression in STEM subjects and …

A comparison of swedish and Irish secondary students conceptions of engineers and engineering using the draw-an-engineer test

J Buckley, L Gumaelius, T Hyland, N Seery… - 126th ASEE Annual …, 2019 - diva-portal.org
Women are significantly underrepresented in engineering and engineering related
disciplines. One area where this is clearly illustrated is in the percentage of females enrolled …