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ISSN 打印: 1072-8325
ISSN 在线: 1940-431X
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RECENT TRENDS IN WOMEN'S REPRESENTATION IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (SET) IN THE U.K.
摘要
This paper serves to identify a wide demand for the entry of women into the fields of science, engineering, and technology (SET). It provides a historical review of British government intervention designed to boost SET expertise nationwide, as well as empirical evidence of the growth of girls and women in SET within education and the labor market. It also reviews British studies that have examined women's and girls' underrepresentation in SET. We identify a limited growth over the past 15 years in the proportions of girls pursuing various SET subjects at all educational levels, and a notably more modest increase among women within the SET workforce. An empirical study, using secondary data analysis techniques, is presented that investigates the relationship between the qualifications of SET graduates and their subsequent occupational locations. This correspondence between qualifications and occupations is found to be gendered, with men more likely than women to deploy their degrees in SET or managerial posts. Women by contrast are more likely to enter the teaching profession or pursue jobs that do not require education to degree level. It would appear that the scope for government and educational programs to effect change is limited. The causes of occupational segregation and women's underrepresentation in SET are diverse and deep-seated, and considerably more pressure for change needs to be brought to bear from many other directions.
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