TY - CHAP

T1 - FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR ATTRACTING YOUNG WOMEN TO ENGINEERING IN TIMES OF DIGITAL AND GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION

AU - Block, Brit-Maren

AU - Wulfes, Jennifer

AU - Guerne, Marie Gillian

N1 - Conference code: 52

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - Tackling the issues of the future will increasingly depend on the dedicated work and creativity of engineers. In addition to the general shortage of skilled workers in the engineering sector, there is a structural under-representation of women in particular, which is reflected in the choice of STEM studies by young women. In addition, the professional fields for future engineers are changing due to global change processes and steadily increasing digitalisation. In order to increase the proportion of female students, motivational projects for the study orientation are seen as a possibility to inspire young women for engineering. With a view to digital and global transformation processes, a central question is: How should a motivation project for the transition between school and university be designed under today's conditions? This paper explores this question in a theory-based manner. After presenting theoretical findings on influencing factors in study orientation, current framework conditions and requirements are worked out in a two-stage study. First, there is a systematic literature review (SLR) on the state of research in STEM study orientation. Based on this, a qualitative interview study was conducted and evaluated with 25 young women, which identifies the framework conditions for motivational projects to attract young female engineers in today's world. As a result, concrete recommendations for action are given for the design of suitable concepts. In this way, this research work contributes to increasing the efforts of universities to attract young women to study engineering and to strengthen their motivation, self-efficacy and an engineering identity.

AB - Tackling the issues of the future will increasingly depend on the dedicated work and creativity of engineers. In addition to the general shortage of skilled workers in the engineering sector, there is a structural under-representation of women in particular, which is reflected in the choice of STEM studies by young women. In addition, the professional fields for future engineers are changing due to global change processes and steadily increasing digitalisation. In order to increase the proportion of female students, motivational projects for the study orientation are seen as a possibility to inspire young women for engineering. With a view to digital and global transformation processes, a central question is: How should a motivation project for the transition between school and university be designed under today's conditions? This paper explores this question in a theory-based manner. After presenting theoretical findings on influencing factors in study orientation, current framework conditions and requirements are worked out in a two-stage study. First, there is a systematic literature review (SLR) on the state of research in STEM study orientation. Based on this, a qualitative interview study was conducted and evaluated with 25 young women, which identifies the framework conditions for motivational projects to attract young female engineers in today's world. As a result, concrete recommendations for action are given for the design of suitable concepts. In this way, this research work contributes to increasing the efforts of universities to attract young women to study engineering and to strengthen their motivation, self-efficacy and an engineering identity.

KW - Engineering

KW - Women in Engineering

KW - Attractiveness of Engineering

KW - Motivation programmes

KW - 340Digital and global transformation

UR - https://zenodo.org/records/14254816

UR - https://zenodo.org/records/14680287

U2 - 10.5281/zenodo.14254816

DO - 10.5281/zenodo.14254816

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

SP - 330

EP - 340

BT - 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Proceedings

A2 - Dehler Zufferey, Jessica

A2 - Langie, Greet

A2 - Tormey, Roland

A2 - Nagy, Balázs Vince

PB - European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)

CY - Brüssel

T2 - 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education - SEFI 2024

Y2 - 2 September 2024 through 5 September 2024

ER -