Perceptions and understanding of gender inclusive curriculum in engineering education

Proceedings of 36th European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI Conference on Quality Assessment, Employability and Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mills, J E ^a   Ayre, M E ^b   Gill, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Engineering education; Gender; Inclusivity

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STUDENTS;

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES; ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT; ENGINEERING ENROLMENT; ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES; GENDER; INCLUSIVE EDUCATION; INCLUSIVITY; INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84938801749     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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