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dc.contributor.authorLloyd, Natalie
dc.contributor.authorSzymakowski, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-24T02:20:24Z
dc.date.available2017-08-24T02:20:24Z
dc.date.created2017-08-23T07:21:38Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationLloyd, N. and Szymakowski, J. 2016. Impact of Creating Critical Mass Classrooms for Females, 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education : AAEE 2016, pp. 491-500.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55778
dc.description.abstract

For many years the makeup of Engineering Foundation Year (EFY) student groups at Curtin University has been on the premise of creating diverse groups viz. 1 mature age student, 1-2 international students, and at least two females in a group of 20. In 2016 groups were arranged to achieve a minimum of 7 females in a group where possible. The rationale for the change was based on research that indicates stereotyping and discrimination is minimised in organisations that had achieved 30-35% representation of women (Kanter, 1977 in Hurtando and Ruiz 2012). Research indicates that numbers matter because it contributes to the perception that women have the ability to succeed in engineering (Creamer, 2012). In addition, extensive “research and evaluation by the STEM education community underscore that building a critical mass matters.” (Malcom and Malcom-Piqueux, 2013, 178)

dc.relation.urihttp://aaee.net.au/
dc.titleImpact of Creating Critical Mass Classrooms for Females
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.startPage491
dcterms.source.endPage500
dcterms.source.title27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education : AAEE 2016
dcterms.source.series27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education : AAEE 2016
dcterms.source.isbn9780994152039
dcterms.source.conference27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education : AAEE 2016
dcterms.source.placeLismore, NSW
curtin.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
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