Comprehensive and practical method for integration of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) into engineering education
Paper in proceeding, 2021

In this paper, a new approach to work with the underrepresentation of women in engineering is presented: instead of looking at ways to make the education more attractive to women, queering the engineering education is suggested. The education intervention presented problematizes the traditional professional engineering role and the effects it has on society. A
metaphor is introduced to support the transformation: theatre. In the theatre metaphor, the frontstage relates to the outcomes of the future work of the engineers we educate (i.e. innovations, technologies, cities, etc.), the backstage is where our students will perform their future work (i.e. the future workplaces), and behind-the-scenes is where they are trained to become engineers (i.e. the education). Teaching modules for both teachers and students are presented, together with tools that can be used in learning the gendered aspects of the specific subject matter at hand.

feminist

engineering education

queer

EDI

Diversity

jämställdhetsintegrering

gender

jämställdhet

JML

Author

Anna Grzelec

Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Science, Technology and Society

Bidrag från 8:e utvecklingskonferensen för sveriges ingenjörsutbildningar

8:e utvecklingskonferensen för Sveriges ingenjörsutbildningar
Karlstad, Sweden,

Gender Initiative for Excellence (Genie)

The Chalmers University Foundation, 2019-01-01 -- 2028-12-31.

Gender education at Chalmers: How, when and where?

GENIE, Chalmers Gender Initiative for Excellence, 2020-06-01 -- 2021-05-31.

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