TY  - BOOK
ED  - Ro, Hyun Kyoung
ED  - Fernandez, Frank
ED  - Ramon, Elizabeth  J.
AB  - This timely volume brings together a range of international scholars to analyse cultural, political, and individual factors which contribute to the continued global issue of female underrepresentation in STEM study and careers. Offering a comparative approach to examining gender equity in STEM fields across countries including the UK, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Africa, and China, the volume provides a thematic breakdown of institutional trends and national policies that have successfully improved gender equity in STEM at institutions of higher education. Offering case studies that demonstrate how policies interact with changing social and cultural norms, and impact women’s choices and experiences in relation to the uptake and continuation of STEM study at the undergraduate level, the volume highlights new directions for research and policy to promote gender equity in STEM at school, university, and career levels. Contributing to the United Nations’ (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in science education, higher education, and gender equity in STEM fields. The text will also support further discussion and reflection around multicultural education, educational policy and politics, and the sociology of education more broadly.
DO  - 10.4324/9781003053217
ID  - OAPEN ID: ONIX_20210705_9781000426748_3
ID  - OAPEN ID: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49738
KW  - Access
KW  - Chilly culture in STEM
KW  - Diversity
KW  - discrimination
KW  - Engineering
KW  - female agency
KW  - Gender equality
KW  - Gender equity
KW  - gendered norms
KW  - gender disparities
KW  - Higher education
KW  - Inclusion
KW  - inequalities
KW  - leaky pipeline in STEM
KW  - Math
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Minorities
KW  - National Science Foundation (NSF)
KW  - ProActive Network (WEPAN)
KW  - participation
KW  - Science
KW  - STEM
KW  - STEM careers
KW  - STEM education
KW  - STEM labor market
KW  - STEM tertiary education
KW  - STEM workforce
KW  - Sustainable Development Goals
KW  - Technology
KW  - UN SDG
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49738/1/9781000426748.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/71017
PB  - Taylor & Francis
PY  - 2022
SN  - 9781000426748
SN  - 9780367512934
SN  - 9781003053217
SN  - 9781032048031
TI  - Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education : International Perspectives on Policy, Institutional Culture, and Individual Choice
ER  - 
