Swimming against the tide in STEM education and gender equality: a problem of recruitment or retention in Malaysia
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is acknowledged as one of the key drivers of technological innovation. Malaysian women join the educational pipeline as equals to their male counterparts. Nevertheless, women are persistently under-represented in technology and engineering, but...
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my.um.eprints.220002019-08-20T09:06:32Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/22000/ Swimming against the tide in STEM education and gender equality: a problem of recruitment or retention in Malaysia Goy, Siew Ching Wong, Yut Lin Low, Wah Yun Noor, Siti Nurani Mohd Fazli-Khalaf, Zahra Onyeneho, Nkechi Daniel, Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini Azizan, Suzana Ariff Hasbullah, Maisarah Uzoigwe, Anthonia Ginika Q Science (General) R Medicine T Technology (General) Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is acknowledged as one of the key drivers of technological innovation. Malaysian women join the educational pipeline as equals to their male counterparts. Nevertheless, women are persistently under-represented in technology and engineering, but over-represented in other STEM fields. Using data provided by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education, our results suggest that under-representation of women in engineering was attributed to low recruitment at the point of entry. Such a finding thus begs the question as to why women were not recruited into engineering. Malaysian policymakers and educators need to address under-representation of women in order to achieve gender equality in STEM, as part of the goals of Millennium Development and Vision 2020; to become a nation that is competent, confident and innovative in harnessing and advancing science and technology. Taylor & Francis 2018 Article PeerReviewed Goy, Siew Ching and Wong, Yut Lin and Low, Wah Yun and Noor, Siti Nurani Mohd and Fazli-Khalaf, Zahra and Onyeneho, Nkechi and Daniel, Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini and Azizan, Suzana Ariff and Hasbullah, Maisarah and Uzoigwe, Anthonia Ginika (2018) Swimming against the tide in STEM education and gender equality: a problem of recruitment or retention in Malaysia. Studies in Higher Education, 43 (11). pp. 1793-1809. ISSN 0307-5079 https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1277383 doi:10.1080/03075079.2016.1277383 |
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Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is acknowledged as one of the key drivers of technological innovation. Malaysian women join the educational pipeline as equals to their male counterparts. Nevertheless, women are persistently under-represented in technology and engineering, but over-represented in other STEM fields. Using data provided by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education, our results suggest that under-representation of women in engineering was attributed to low recruitment at the point of entry. Such a finding thus begs the question as to why women were not recruited into engineering. Malaysian policymakers and educators need to address under-representation of women in order to achieve gender equality in STEM, as part of the goals of Millennium Development and Vision 2020; to become a nation that is competent, confident and innovative in harnessing and advancing science and technology. |
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