DocumentCode
1083388
Title
Can a one-day conference change female high school students´ perception of electrical engineering?
Author
Hazzan, Orit ; Tal, Ayellet ; Keidar, Idit
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Volume
49
Issue
3
fYear
2006
Firstpage
415
Lastpage
416
Abstract
This short paper focuses on an annual one-day conference that aims at exposing female high school students, who excel in mathematics, to the discipline of Electrical Engineering (EE). The findings presented in this short paper reinforce observations previously published at length in IEEE Transactions on Education
Keywords
engineering education; gender issues; professional aspects; IEEE Transactions on Education; electrical engineering; female; high school students; Calculus; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Electrical engineering; Mathematics; Power generation; Research and development; Electrical engineering; electrical engineering profession; gender; professional development;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Education, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9359
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TE.2006.879245
Filename
1668286
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