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Record Nr.

UNINA9910571784103321

Autore

García-Peñalvo Francisco José

Titolo

Women in STEM in Higher Education : Good Practices of Attraction, Access and Retainment in Higher Education / / edited by Francisco José García-Peñalvo, Alicia García-Holgado, Angeles Dominguez, Jimena Pascual

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9789811915529

9811915520

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, , 2196-4971

Classificazione

EDU015000EDU029010EDU034000SCI063000

Altri autori (Persone)

García-HolgadoAlicia

DominguezAngeles

PascualJimena

Disciplina

378

Soggetti

Education, Higher

Science - Study and teaching

Education and state

Mathematics - Study and teaching 

Higher Education

Science Education

Educational Policy and Politics

Mathematics Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

A model for bridging the gender gap in STEM in higher education institutions -- A Review of Irish National Strategy for Gender Equality in Higher Education 2010-2021 -- Making and taking leadership in the promotion of gender desegregation in STEM -- Reflections on Selected Gender Equality in STEM Initiatives in an Irish University -- Balance4Better: "We Are HERe" more than a gender campaign -- Promoting the participation of women in STEM: A methodological view -- Women retention in STEM Higher Education: Systematic Mapping of Gender Issues -- Mentoring of female students in engineering as a way of caring -- Gender perspective in STEM disciplines in Spain



universities -- Examples of good practices in Erasmus+ projects that integrate gender and STEM in Higher Education.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book addresses challenges related to women in STEM in higher education, presenting research, experiences, studies, and good practices associated with the engagement, access, and retention of women in the STEM disciplines. It also discusses strategies implemented by universities and policymakers to reduce the existing gender gap in these areas. The chapters provide an overview of implementations in different regions of the world and provide numerous examples that can be transferred to other higher education institutions.