Mentoring for future female engineers: pilot at the Higher Polytechnic School of Zamora

The gender gap is a problem that affects all areas and regions in the world. The lack of females depends on different external and internal factors that make it a complex problem. In particular, this gap is most pronounced in engineering. Engineering and technical studies have a shortage of female v...

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Autores: González Rogado, Ana Belén, García-Holgado, Alicia, García-Peñalvo, Francisco J.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositório:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/148316
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/148316
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:gender gap
peer mentoring
engineering education
higher education
virtual campus
5312.04 Educación
1203.17 Informática
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Resumo:The gender gap is a problem that affects all areas and regions in the world. The lack of females depends on different external and internal factors that make it a complex problem. In particular, this gap is most pronounced in engineering. Engineering and technical studies have a shortage of female vocations and a high dropout rate. In this paper, we present the pilot peer-mentoring programme, which has been carried out in the 2020-21 academic year at the University of Salamanca in the Higher Polytechnic School of Zamora. Mentoring has been given to first-year female students of engineering degrees. The implementation of the pilot programme has provided helpful information for implementing the mentoring programme from the 2021-22 academic year.