Why NOT engineering?: the process of career choice amongst South African female students

• Autores: Jeff Jawitz, Jennifer Case, Matseliso Tshabalala
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 16, no. 6, 2000, págs. 470-475
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper seeks to inform current initiatives to attract more women to study engineering. The poolof suitably qualified students at UCT was investigated, and from this group an interviewee samplewas drawn of top achievers in school mathematics and physical science who had elected to studycourses other than engineering. The interviews yielded information on the process of career choiceamongst these students. Findings concerned the universality of medicine as an initial choice, and thecurrent attraction towards commerce. Engineering was only considered by students who ultimatelychose B.Sc. degrees, and these were the only students who had a positive experience of schoolphysical science.