ENGL 1102:018 10 March 2014 Topic: Why women do not choose career in fields of Engineering and Technology?
John P. Dugan, Kimberly Q. Fath, Shannon D. Howes, Kathryn R. Lavelle, Joshua R. Polanin. (2013) Developing the Leadership Capacity and Leader Efficacy of College Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Fields. J ournal of Leadership Studies 7:3, 6-23 online publication date: 1-Sep-2013.
This source was recently developed in 2013. It has been useful for determining importance, challenges, different cultural and academic aspects of women being in engineering and science fields. Various case studies and chapters and case studies have helped in narrowing opportunities for female in leadership and workplace. This book addresses multiple issues and highlights some things we tend to forget about females in engineering. I would like to use this book as one of my sources as it is v read in very relevant to my inquiry project. It highlights all the issues I want the answer for. It is organized in a logical order which makes it easier to scan through as well read in detail. The appendix is in detail and precise as to which topic needs to be worked with. This book is free online but creditable and reliable. There are various sources and references to this book which makes it informative. The way females are portrayed in science and technology today and various challenges they face, its important to shed light on each minute problem. This is accomplished in this book which would be a wonderful source to my inquiry project. Reading it more in depth and detail will give me enough information.
Schfer, Andrea I. "A New Approach to Increasing Diversity in Engineering at the Example of Women in Engineering." European J ournal of Engineering Education. 31.6 (2006): 661-671. Print.
I found this article in UNCC library database. This article was printed in 2006 and is useful to determine gender bias and implement gender balance in the companies and educational environment. The main purpose of this article is to define how American school and work places need to expand from their traditional school setting and strive to be a diverse place which is welcoming for female as well as male. After reading this article it is pretty clear that many people believe that gender bias is involved in fields of engineering, technology and sciences. It also states that engineering has been portrayed as a masculine field for a long time which makes it harder for females to get into. This article will be useful for my original question why females are not going into fields of engineering, technology and sciences. This article offers solution to the problem I have been researching. It gives enough information about the topic and how diversity lectures can help make everyone aware that gender bias is an issue which needs to be dealt with and improved upon. This is a reliable source as I got it from uncc database which has well-known books and journals.
Lpez-Sez, M, S Puertas, and M Sinz. "Why Don't GirIs Choose TechnoIogicaI Studies? Adolescents' Stereotypes and Attitudes towards Studies Related to Medicine or Engineering." The Spanish J ournal of Psychology. 14.1 (2011): 74-87. Print. This journal entry was published in 2011 in the Spanish journal of psychology. The focus of this journal entry is to determine the gender bias in fields of engineering and medicine. The author of this journal researched the amount of girls and boys in math and science classes. It differs a whole amount. This specific journal entry deals with adolescent view on medicine and technology and how their opinion is influenced at that age. This article is relevant to me as it will help me gain perspective on early influence of so many things leading to females decision not going into science or engineering careers. This journal describes that gender bias has started from a very young age and it has affected a large amount of adolescents behavior towards science and engineering fields. According to studies schools portray engineering and science as masculine fields. Most females choose and are comfortable in fields and careers in humanities and liberal studies making it harder to change their minds. This article provided me with information to write my inquiry project and it is a reliable source making it easier to write my project. Females are underpraised and that is described in this article which could be incorporated in my article.
Jacobs, Janis E, Laura L. Finken, Nancy L. Griffin, and Janet D. Wright. "The Career Plans of Science-Talented Rural Adolescent Girls." American Educational Research J ournal. 35.4 (1998): 681-704. Print. American resource journal posted this article in 1998. This every lasting issue of parents struggle and prying in students life involving career choices. This article focuses on how peer pressure and family pressure, cultural norms etc. can affect decisions made my students. Girls getting fewer opportunities in rural areas where public schools are not that great makes their career choices different to the current situation. This also destroys the bell curve as to which profession is chosen by females. This is a good and reliable source I found from UNCC database which could help me in my project.
Pollack, Eileen. "Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science?" The New York Times. The New York Times, 05 Oct. 2013. Web. 17 Mar. 2014. This article was in New York database and was published in October 2013. The main purpose of this article is to answer the everlasting question of few women in science. Studies show that females are less aware and show least interest in fields of engineering and technology. This article proves and shows that there is bias for females while pursuing masters or PHD. New York Times is a good base resource to hear opinions on a large scale. This article explains mysterious reasons for no female engineers. Some girls are not groomed from childhood to take math and science level classes making it confusing for them when they actually could be interested in this field. NY times being one of my very favorite newspaper source it always amazes me how much there is to offer in few pages. Girls graduating from Ivy League schools are also concerned about the shortcoming of females in engineering and science. I hope this reliable source helps me to write my inquiry project.