Increasing the diversity of engineering education - a gender analysis in a PBL context

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 425-437

  Du, Xiangyun ^a   Kolmos, Anette ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diversity; Engineering education; Gender; PBL

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

DIVERSITY; ENGINEERING COMPETENCIES; ENGINEERING PROGRAM; ENGINEERING PROGRAMMES; GENDER; GENDER DIVERSITY; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; PROJECT BASED LEARNING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 75249092884     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043790903137577     Document Type: Article

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