Alunas de Engenharia Elétrica e Ciência da Computação: estudar, inventar, resistir / Female Students of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: studying, inventing, resisting

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This study aims to examine the insertion and daily life of a group of women in the classroom in the courses of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at a college located in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo - RMSP. It investigates the obstacles faced by them in these courses and the strategies they use to remain in them. We performed semi-structured interviews with 49 students, seven students of Engineering and 42 students of computing. Based on the analysis of the interviews, we could comprehend not only the different forms of exclusion that the female students of these courses are exposed to, in which the majority of students are male, but also the tactics they use to remain in the course and to deal with discrimination and biased attitudes of colleagues and teachers. In general, they avoid clash and invent subtle ways to co-exist with adversities in the classroom.

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discriminação gender relations discrimination prejudice relações de gênero preconceito ensino superior science and technology (s&t) ciência e tecnologia (c&t) higher education

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