Journal of Engineering Education Research (공학교육연구)

Korean Society for Engineering Education (한국공학교육학회)
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The Influence of the Educational Environment of the College of Engineering on the Psychological Characteristics of Female Students

여성공학도의 전공 관련 심리적 특성에 미치는 공과대학 교육환경의 영향

  • Kim, Dong Ik (Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, Kunsan National University) ;
  • Lee, Young Hwa (WISET Regional Agency of Jeonbuk)
  • Received : 2012.08.22
  • Accepted : 2013.03.07
  • Published : 2013.03.31
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Abstract

A study was conducted to find that which educational factors affect the psychological characteristics related to one's major of female students in engineering. The study was conducted through reviewing the advanced literatures and data for surveys was collected from the 216 female students at the college of engineering. This data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, the ANOVA test, hierarchical regression analysis, and factors analyzed by SPSS window's 12.0. The results are as follows. The major aspirations of female students at the college of engineering are affected by the grades (GPA) they have achieved in the past and by the professors' support they have received from the educational environment, by the WIE program participation. However, this survey showed that the support of professors was the most influential factor. The self-efficacy about employment is affected by the grades (GPA) they have achieved and the professors' support they have received. Therefore, the finding shows that the professors' support in their major field is the most affective factor to both characteristics such as the self-efficacy, the major aspirations.

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