Influence of the perception of science on engineering & technologies study choices in Lithuania
ENThe paper summarises the Lithuanian specific case studies, providing gender specific data on traditional and innovative pilot degree courses in E&T and identifying innovative study programs in engineering then comparison of traditional and interdisciplinary study courses. For that purpose an in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis of some engineering study programmes grounded on transnational iterative methodology has been done. From this first analysis, a set of Lithuanian case studies have been selected for further analysis of students’ perception of E&T studies. The paper summarises the results found after an in depth examination of these selected case studies for a posterior evaluation of the success of pilot projects aiming attract more female students in E&T. The research draw up women are less likely than men to study engineering because of its perceived societal and cultural impact, and women are more attracted to engineering programs in universities that include an interdisciplinary approach, student-centered learning and the teaching and empowering studies environment. Keywords: study course, traditional, interdisciplinary, gender, E&T. [From the publication]
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