Perception of the gender gap in computer engineering studies: A comparative study in Peru and Argentina

Alicia Garcia-Holgado; Claudia Deco; Norka Bredegal-Alpaca; Cristina Bender; Klinge Orlando Villalba-Condori

doi:10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125224

Perception of the gender gap in computer engineering studies: A comparative study in Peru and Argentina

Alicia Garcia-Holgado, Claudia Deco, Norka Bredegal-Alpaca, Cristina Bender, Klinge Orlando Villalba-Condori

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Abstract

The gender gap is one of the worldwide problems confronting companies, organizations, and governments through different initiatives according to their action contexts. In the case of the gender gap in engineering, although there are a considerable number of projects and studies, there are few studies that analyse the perception of the engineering students about the gender gap. This work presents a case study in two Latin American universities in Peru and Argentina in order to identify the perception of computer engineering students about issues related to gender and diversity. The results show significant differences between both institutions, with particular attention to the differences in perception between men and women in each country. Moreover, the resuits reveal that only women from Argentine believe that there are differences between women and men in the academic context (N=textbf75).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020
Editors	Alberto Cardoso, Gustavo R. Alves, Teresa Restivo
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	1252-1258
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728109305
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125224
State	Published - Apr 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	11th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020 - Porto, Portugal Duration: 27 Apr 2020 → 30 Apr 2020

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Name	IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
Volume	2020-April
ISSN (Print)	2165-9559
ISSN (Electronic)	2165-9567

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Conference	11th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Porto
Period	27/04/20 → 30/04/20

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© 2020 IEEE.

Keywords

Diversity gap
Engineering studies
Gender gap
Perception
Students
University

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Garcia-Holgado, A., Deco, C., Bredegal-Alpaca, N., Bender, C., & Villalba-Condori, K. O. (2020). Perception of the gender gap in computer engineering studies: A comparative study in Peru and Argentina. In A. Cardoso, G. R. Alves, & T. Restivo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020 (pp. 1252-1258). [9125224] (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON; Vol. 2020-April). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125224

Garcia-Holgado, Alicia ; Deco, Claudia ; Bredegal-Alpaca, Norka et al. / Perception of the gender gap in computer engineering studies : A comparative study in Peru and Argentina. Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020. editor / Alberto Cardoso ; Gustavo R. Alves ; Teresa Restivo. IEEE Computer Society, 2020. pp. 1252-1258 (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON).

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Garcia-Holgado, A, Deco, C, Bredegal-Alpaca, N, Bender, C & Villalba-Condori, KO 2020, Perception of the gender gap in computer engineering studies: A comparative study in Peru and Argentina. in A Cardoso, GR Alves & T Restivo (eds), Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020., 9125224, IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON, vol. 2020-April, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 1252-1258, 11th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020, Porto, Portugal, 27/04/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125224

Perception of the gender gap in computer engineering studies : A comparative study in Peru and Argentina. / Garcia-Holgado, Alicia; Deco, Claudia; Bredegal-Alpaca, Norka et al.

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020. ed. / Alberto Cardoso; Gustavo R. Alves; Teresa Restivo. IEEE Computer Society, 2020. p. 1252-1258 9125224 (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON; Vol. 2020-April).

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