TY - JOUR
T1 - Group work experiences of women students in a Scottish chemical engineering programme
AU - Nisbet, Jolan
AU - Haw, Mark D.
AU - Boon, Stuart
AU - Harrington, Ross W.
AU - Fletcher, Ashleigh J.
PY - 2016/7/31
Y1 - 2016/7/31
N2 - Chemical Engineering, similar to other Engineering courses, has seen an undergraduate gender shift 10 in recent years towards greater women student representation. This raises the issue of the inclusion, 11 in terms of equality of participation and opportunities, of these women students in learning activities 12 and also the role that they can play in encouraging inclusion and development of others, which can 13 have implications, not only for their current studies, but their future careers. This paper provides both 14 statistical evaluation of students’ attainment from group working activities, and a narrative account of 15 the students’ experiences along with the resulting impact on their inclusion, engagement and group 16 interactions. We highlight the changing role filled by women students and their awareness of these 17 changes and impacts. Notably, the work identifies a change in attitude with regards to roles for 18 women in facilitating group work with many women students purposefully avoiding the additional 19 work-load that past studies have identified.
AB - Chemical Engineering, similar to other Engineering courses, has seen an undergraduate gender shift 10 in recent years towards greater women student representation. This raises the issue of the inclusion, 11 in terms of equality of participation and opportunities, of these women students in learning activities 12 and also the role that they can play in encouraging inclusion and development of others, which can 13 have implications, not only for their current studies, but their future careers. This paper provides both 14 statistical evaluation of students’ attainment from group working activities, and a narrative account of 15 the students’ experiences along with the resulting impact on their inclusion, engagement and group 16 interactions. We highlight the changing role filled by women students and their awareness of these 17 changes and impacts. Notably, the work identifies a change in attitude with regards to roles for 18 women in facilitating group work with many women students purposefully avoiding the additional 19 work-load that past studies have identified.
KW - focus groups
KW - gender
KW - group interactions
KW - narrative
KW - surveys
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84979503126&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/17497728
U2 - 10.1016/j.ece.2016.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ece.2016.07.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84979503126
SN - 1749-7728
VL - 16
SP - 39
EP - 47
JO - Education for Chemical Engineers
JF - Education for Chemical Engineers
ER -