Power of engineering: changing the perceptions of year 9 and 10 female school students towards an engineering career
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Briody, Felicity, Goh, Steven and Dawes, Les. 2012. "Power of engineering: changing the perceptions of year 9 and 10 female school students towards an engineering career." Mann, Llewellyn and Daniel, Scott (ed.) 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2012). Melbourne, Australia 03 - 05 Dec 2012 Melbourne, Australia.
| Paper/Presentation Title | Power of engineering: changing the perceptions of year 9 and 10 female school students towards an engineering career |
|---|---|
| Presentation Type | Paper |
| Authors | Briody, Felicity (Author), Goh, Steven (Author) and Dawes, Les (Author) |
| Editors | Mann, Llewellyn and Daniel, Scott |
| Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AaeE 2012) |
| Number of Pages | 8 |
| Year | 2012 |
| Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
| ISBN | 9780987177230 |
| Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.aaee.com.au/conferences/2012 |
| Conference/Event | 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2012) |
| Event Details | Rank B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B |
| Event Details | 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2012) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Event Date 03 to end of 05 Dec 2012 Event Location Melbourne, Australia |
| Abstract | The engineering profession in Australia has failed to attract young women for the last decade or so despite all the effort that have gone into promoting engineering as a preferred career choice for girls. It is a missed opportunity for the profession to flourish as a heterogeneous team. Many traditional initiatives and programs have failed to make much impact or at best incremental improvement into attracting and retaining more women in the profession. The reasons why girls and young women in most parts of the world show little interest in engineering haven't changed, despite all the efforts to address them, the issue proposed here in this paper is with the perceptions of engineering in the community and the confidence to pursue it. This gender imbalance is detrimental for the engineering profession, and hence an action-based intervention strategy was devised by the Women in Engineering Qld Chapter of Engineers Australia in 2012 to change the perceptions of school girls by redesigning the engagement strategy and key messages. As a result, the “Power of Engineering Inc” (PoE) was established as a not-for-profit organisation, and is a collaborative effort between government, schools, universities, and industry. This paper examines a case study in changing the perceptions of year 9 and 10 school girls towards an engineering career |
| Keywords | women in engineering; girls in engineering; perceptions of engineering; engineering careers |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520502. Gender psychology |
| 520599. Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified | |
| 409999. Other engineering not elsewhere classified | |
| Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
| Byline Affiliations | AECOM Australia |
| Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering | |
| Queensland University of Technology | |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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