Approaches for attracting, retaining, and progressing women in Australian undergraduate engineering: Curricular innovation focused on humanitarian and human-centered design concepts

Andrea M. Goncher; Shara Cameron

doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003053217

Approaches for attracting, retaining, and progressing women in Australian undergraduate engineering: Curricular innovation focused on humanitarian and human-centered design concepts

Andrea M. Goncher, Shara Cameron

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Australia’s unique higher education landscape includes its international education sector as one of Australia’s top three exports (Department of Education and Training, 2018). However, women in Australia are under-represented in STEM, for they only make up 17% of university enrollments in engineering (Australian Academy of Science, 2019) and 12% of the engineering workforce (Kaspura, 2019). This chapter describes the context of Australian tertiary engineering education, provides an overview of some recent initiatives focused on women in engineering, and gives examples of ways programs and initiatives can be successfully implemented to increase the participation of women in engineering.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education
Subtitle of host publication	International Perspectives on Policy, Institutional Culture, and Individual Choice
Editors	Hyun Kyoung Ro, Frank Fernandez, Elizabeth J Ramon
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	11
Pages	174 - 186
Number of pages	13
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003053217
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003053217
Publication status	Published - 2022

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Goncher, A. M., & Cameron, S. (2022). Approaches for attracting, retaining, and progressing women in Australian undergraduate engineering: Curricular innovation focused on humanitarian and human-centered design concepts. In H. K. Ro, F. Fernandez, & E. J. Ramon (Eds.), Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Policy, Institutional Culture, and Individual Choice (1st ed., pp. 174 - 186). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003053217

Goncher, Andrea M. ; Cameron, Shara. / Approaches for attracting, retaining, and progressing women in Australian undergraduate engineering : Curricular innovation focused on humanitarian and human-centered design concepts. Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Policy, Institutional Culture, and Individual Choice. editor / Hyun Kyoung Ro ; Frank Fernandez ; Elizabeth J Ramon. 1st. ed. New York : Routledge, 2022. pp. 174 - 186

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Goncher AM, Cameron S. Approaches for attracting, retaining, and progressing women in Australian undergraduate engineering: Curricular innovation focused on humanitarian and human-centered design concepts. In Ro HK, Fernandez F, Ramon EJ, editors, Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Policy, Institutional Culture, and Individual Choice. 1st ed. New York: Routledge. 2022. p. 174 - 186 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003053217

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