%0 Journal Article %1 RefWorks:769 %A Henes, Robby %D 1995 %J Journal of Engineering Education %K (Higher) -- Advice Campus Climate; Education Lab Management; States; United Women and engineering; in science students %N 1 %P 59-67 %T Improving the Academic Environment for Women Engineering Students Through Faculty Workshops %V 84 %X "In this paper we examine the low numbers of women represented in engineering curricula and some of the factors that help to explain their under representation. We examine some of these factors including: isolation, not seeing the relevance of highly theoretical basic courses, negative experiences in laboratory courses, classroom climate and lack of role models. An outline is presented for two engineering faculty workshops, conducted at the University of California-Davis, designed to help faculty members understand these issues and develop new strategies for overcoming factors that discourage their female students. Evaluation results are presented along with a series of recommendations for planning, implementing and evaluating these types of workshops.

@article{RefWorks:769, abstract = {"In this paper we examine the low numbers of women represented in engineering curricula and some of the factors that help to explain their under representation. We examine some of these factors including: isolation, not seeing the relevance of highly theoretical basic courses, negative experiences in laboratory courses, classroom climate and lack of role models. An outline is presented for two engineering faculty workshops, conducted at the University of California-Davis, designed to help faculty members understand these issues and develop new strategies for overcoming factors that discourage their female students. Evaluation results are presented along with a series of recommendations for planning, implementing and evaluating these types of workshops.}, added-at = {2013-04-29T22:53:49.000+0200}, author = {Henes, Robby}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29da5e357a76344802a231cf973302ea5/schmidli}, interhash = {4f159b06f9c88a9168342742ee9c2344}, intrahash = {9da5e357a76344802a231cf973302ea5}, journal = {Journal of Engineering Education}, keywords = {(Higher) -- Advice Campus Climate; Education Lab Management; States; United Women and engineering; in science students}, month = {01}, note = {Review of gender issues facing women undergraduate engineering students is followed by an overview and evaluation of climate workshops for engineering facutly conducted at UC-Davis}, number = 1, pages = {59-67}, timestamp = {2013-04-29T22:53:53.000+0200}, title = {Improving the Academic Environment for Women Engineering Students Through Faculty Workshops}, volume = 84, year = 1995 }