WOMEN IN ENGINEERING AT VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Rifki Ardian Firdaus (1), Ade Gafar Abdullah (*,1,2), Sumarto (*,1,2)
1Jurusan Pendidikan Teknologi dan Kejuruan, Sekolah Pascasarjana Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
2Jurusan Pendidikan Teknik Elektro, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia,Bandung Indonesia
*Corresponding Author, e-mail: ade_gaffar[at]upi.edu
Abstract
The purposed of this research was to knowing why in recent years there has been an increase in the number of students who choose to continue their education to a technical vocational high school. The low involvement of women in the field of engineering technology and mathematics caused by a gender gap, the influence of negative stereotypes, culture and character where the engineering field is more intended for men who are masculine and not in accordance with women. The research was conducted by interviewing participants who were randomly selected from female students in vocational high schools. The results showed that the reason of the participant to enter the engineering school because of economic factors with the assumption that graduates from the engineering field worked faster.
Keywords: women, Engineering, vocational high school.
Topic: Research and Development in Engineering Education