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Portrayals of Technology Education in Swedish Upper Secondary Education
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Learning, Learning in Stem.
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Learning.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5184-4743
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Learning.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4115-6584
2020 (English)In: 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), IEEE, 2020, article id 9274131Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

In this Research Full Paper we contribute to the research on constructions of technology education. Why are women and minority groups often under-represented in student cohorts in STEM programmes? Many studies have addressed this question, and much is known about the impact of representations of technology studies on the choices and motivations of these demographic groups in many countries. Many of the recent studies published in the English language address the North American education system. This paper investigates if perpetuation of gender norms might be evident in recruitment materials for Swedish upper secondary education. This research question is addressed through an analysis of how upper secondary education schools use images in presenting their university preparatory programs to prospective students. Swedish postcompulsory school education comprises a number of specialised upper secondary school programmes in Technology, Natural science, Social science and Economy. A significant display area of the web content regarding these programmes is pictorial information. In this study Technology Education is viewed as a societal construction and images representing the technology program are here used as a way of discovering both perceptions about them, and underlying themes that the choice of images might communicate. Three themes, Environment, Pedagogical approach and Human presence, emerge and serve as a foundation from which similarities and differences in the visual messages associated with these programs are investigated. Our major finding is that images used in association with Technology Education portray a paucity of social relations and a dominant culture of working/studying alone. These findings are of concern, as this type of profile has been shown to reduce motivation of women and minority groups to pursue such a career.

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IEEE, 2020. article id 9274131
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Frontiers in Education Conference, ISSN 0190-5848
Keywords [en]
technology education, upper secondary education, stereotyping, gender balance, thematic analysis
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Pedagogy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-297288DOI: 10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9274131ISI: 000646660800251Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85098555122OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-297288DiVA, id: diva2:1565526
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IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), OCT 21-24, 2020, Uppsala, SWEDEN
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QC 20220304

Part of conference proceedings: ISBN 978-1-7281-8961-1

Available from: 2021-06-14 Created: 2021-06-14 Last updated: 2022-06-25Bibliographically approved

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Björlin Svozil, LouisePears, ArnoldGumaelius, Lena

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