On the outskirts of engineering : : learning identity, gender, and power via engineering practice / / Karen L. Tonso.
On the Outskirts of Engineering: Learning Identity, Gender, and Power via Engineering Practice falls at the intersection of research about women in sites of technical practice and ethnographic studies of learning in communities of practice. Grounded in long-term participation on student teams comple...
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| Superior document: | New directions in mathematics and science education ; Volume 6 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Rotterdam ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New directions in mathematics and science education ;
Volume 6. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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| Other title: | Learning identity, gender, and power via engineering practice |
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| Summary: | On the Outskirts of Engineering: Learning Identity, Gender, and Power via Engineering Practice falls at the intersection of research about women in sites of technical practice and ethnographic studies of learning in communities of practice. Grounded in long-term participation on student teams completing real-world projects for industry and government clients, Outskirts provides an insider look at forms of engineering practice—the cultural production of engineer identity, of the ways that gender is made real in such sites of practice, and of power relations that emerge in response to enculturated practices that organize everyday life. Outskirts contributes to understanding cultural obduracy and the movement of some men and most women to the outskirts of engineering. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1281104914 9786611104917 9087903537 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Karen L. Tonso. |