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Pilot study on university students' opinion about STEM studies at higher education
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Materia
User characteristics
Gender
Women
User characteristics
Age
Adolescents
Professional topics
Computing education
Adult education
Clasificación UNESCO
5312.04 Educación
1203.17 Informática
Fecha de publicación
2020
Citación
Verdugo-Castro, S., Sánchez-Gómez, M. C., García-Holgado, A., & Bakieva, M. (2020). Pilot study on university students’ opinion about STEM studies at higher education. In F. J. García-Peñalvo (Ed.), Proceedings TEEM’20. Eighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (Salamanca, Spain, October 21st - 23rd, 2020). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3434780.3436616
Resumen
The percentages of women enrolled in higher education in the
STEM sector are significantly lower than those of men. Overall,
gender representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
degrees in Europe is not balanced. The Leaky Pipeline phenomenon,
marked by gender stereotypes, makes the latent gender
gap a relevant topic of study. Studies exist on academic performance,
self-perception, self-efficacy, outcome expectations; however, studying
gender stereotypes linked to STEM studies is also essential. It
is necessary to know the social and family context in which young
people have grown up, as well as their perception of such studies.
To study gender stereotypes of university students about STEM
studies, a questionnaire has been designed for empirical validation.
For the design of the instrument, to be validated, items from other
instruments have been taken and adapted to Spanish. After the
design of the instrument, an online pilot study has been applied
in the University of Salamanca, the University of Valencia and the
Polytechnic University of Valencia. A total of 115 people answered
the questionnaire. The results of the pilot study reveal that the
study sample is not particularly marked by gender stereotypes
about gender equality in STEM. Also, the sample is receptive to
learning about science and applying it in their lives. On the other
hand, the idea that women have to give up their studies and careers
to look after their families and children is rejected. The idea that
men are more interested in university studies than women is also
rejected. At the same time, the sample is aware of the difficulties
that women encounter in the STEM sector. Another optimistic point
of the results is that there are no alarming data on bad experiences
due to gender. In the future, the study will be replicated on a larger
scale.
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978-1-4503-8850-4
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