Search for dissertations about: "recruitment to engineering education"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words recruitment to engineering education.

  2. 1. The making of the engineering student : A study examining the societal and cultural production of the subject, the engineering student

    Author : Patricia Kingdon; Lars Geschwind; Sven Ove Hansson; Ulf Olsson; Maria Andrée; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Engineering education; recruitment to engineering education; broadening of the recruitment base to higher education; power and knowledge; underrepresented student groups at technical universities; Nyckelord: civilingenjörsutbildningen; högskoleingenjörsutbildningen; rekryteringen till tekniska utbildningar i högre utbildning. makt och kunskap; underrepresterade studentgrupper. val av utbildning; rekrytering.; Teknikvetenskapens lärande och kommunikation; Education and Communication in the Technological Sciences;

    Abstract : AbstractThis thesis makes a novel and original contribution to the discourse surrounding engineering education, and how it can be made more accessible to underrepresented groups. The study includes two contexts representing two different perspectives. READ MORE

  4. 2. Bringing women into computer engineering : Curriculum reform processes at two institutes of technology

    Author : Minna Salminen-Karlsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Engineering education; curriculum development; female students; Bourdieu; gender contract;

    Abstract : This study looks at curriculum reform processes at two Swedish institutes of technology in a gender perspective and relates them to two social theories: the reproduction theory of Bourdieu & Passeron and the gender contract theory of Yvonne Hirdman.The aim of the reform processes was to make educational programmes in computer engineering more attractive to female students. READ MORE

  5. 3. Shaping Engineers, Making Gender Politics: Swedish Universities of Technology and the Creation of a Policy Field, 1976–1998

    Author : Malin Nordvall; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; reform logic; gender equality; boundary work; engineering education; engineering profession; recruitment logic; Sweden; STEM;

    Abstract : Despite a global reputation as a gender-equal nation, the labour market in Sweden is segregated. This particularly applies to engineering. Five decades of national gender equality policies and engineering recruitment campaigns have only partially transformed the situation. READ MORE

  6. 4. Career as an experiential learning voyage : Development of experiential assessment methodology in a lifelong learning context

    Author : Jens Graff; George Tesar; Ron Mahieu; Bo Lemar; Marin Marinov; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Experiential learning; competence; recruitment; assessment methodology; lifelong learning; lifewide learning; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This research is in the management discipline, more specifically in human resource management concerned with staffing. It examines a relatively new phenomenon: career changes by a special cadre of individuals who have advanced education and training, perhaps a doctoral degree in sciences, humanities, or engineering, and who, at the dusk of their careers, became entrepreneurial and strive to switch from an executive position in business to an academic post or vice versa. READ MORE

  7. 5. (Re)harmonising the Academy: Integrating life-long learning and science communication in Swedish higher education

    Author : Maria Cervin-Ellqvist; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; self-regulated learning; science communication; metacognition; life-long learning; policy; higher education; generic skills; academic scholarship;

    Abstract : Higher education today performs a complex system of functions with a variety of goals and expectations, including research, teaching, and disseminating research to the surrounding society. It is however not always clear what these functions should entail, and how they should be played out. READ MORE