Electricity in the palms of her hands - The perception of electrical engineering by outstanding female high school pupils

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 402-412

  Hazzan, Orit ^a   Levy, Dalit ^a,b   Tal, Ayellet ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical engineering (EE) education; Gender issues; Profession of electrical engineering; Professional development

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRICITY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

EE EDUCATION; GENDER ISSUES; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 26444553989     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2005.849728     Document Type: Article

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