TY - CHAP
T1 - FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR ATTRACTING YOUNG WOMEN TO ENGINEERING IN TIMES OF DIGITAL AND GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION
AU - Block, Brit-Maren
AU - Wulfes, Jennifer
AU - Guerne, Marie Gillian
N1 - Conference code: 52
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Tackling the issues of the future will increasingly depend on the dedicated work and creativity of engineers. In addition to the general shortage of skilled workers in the engineering sector, there is a structural under-representation of women in particular, which is reflected in the choice of STEM studies by young women. In addition, the professional fields for future engineers are changing due to global change processes and steadily increasing digitalisation. In order to increase the proportion of female students, motivational projects for the study orientation are seen as a possibility to inspire young women for engineering. With a view to digital and global transformation processes, a central question is: How should a motivation project for the transition between school and university be designed under today's conditions? This paper explores this question in a theory-based manner. After presenting theoretical findings on influencing factors in study orientation, current framework conditions and requirements are worked out in a two-stage study. First, there is a systematic literature review (SLR) on the state of research in STEM study orientation. Based on this, a qualitative interview study was conducted and evaluated with 25 young women, which identifies the framework conditions for motivational projects to attract young female engineers in today's world. As a result, concrete recommendations for action are given for the design of suitable concepts. In this way, this research work contributes to increasing the efforts of universities to attract young women to study engineering and to strengthen their motivation, self-efficacy and an engineering identity.
AB - Tackling the issues of the future will increasingly depend on the dedicated work and creativity of engineers. In addition to the general shortage of skilled workers in the engineering sector, there is a structural under-representation of women in particular, which is reflected in the choice of STEM studies by young women. In addition, the professional fields for future engineers are changing due to global change processes and steadily increasing digitalisation. In order to increase the proportion of female students, motivational projects for the study orientation are seen as a possibility to inspire young women for engineering. With a view to digital and global transformation processes, a central question is: How should a motivation project for the transition between school and university be designed under today's conditions? This paper explores this question in a theory-based manner. After presenting theoretical findings on influencing factors in study orientation, current framework conditions and requirements are worked out in a two-stage study. First, there is a systematic literature review (SLR) on the state of research in STEM study orientation. Based on this, a qualitative interview study was conducted and evaluated with 25 young women, which identifies the framework conditions for motivational projects to attract young female engineers in today's world. As a result, concrete recommendations for action are given for the design of suitable concepts. In this way, this research work contributes to increasing the efforts of universities to attract young women to study engineering and to strengthen their motivation, self-efficacy and an engineering identity.
KW - Engineering
KW - Women in Engineering
KW - Attractiveness of Engineering
KW - Motivation programmes
KW - 340Digital and global transformation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85218634184
U2 - 10.5281/zenodo.14254816
DO - 10.5281/zenodo.14254816
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
SP - 330
EP - 340
BT - 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Proceedings
A2 - Dehler Zufferey, Jessica
A2 - Langie, Greet
A2 - Tormey, Roland
A2 - Nagy, Balázs Vince
PB - European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
CY - Brüssel
T2 - 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education - SEFI 2024
Y2 - 2 September 2024 through 5 September 2024
ER -