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
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;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TE.2006.879245
