Opiniones y percepciones sobre los estudios superiores STEMun estudio de caso exploratorio en España

  1. Verdugo-Castro, Sonia 1
  2. Sánchez-Gómez, Mª. Cruz 1
  3. García-Holgado, Alicia 1
  1. 1 Departamento de Didáctica, Organización y Métodos de Investigación, Grupo de Investigación GRIAL, Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Educación, Univer-sidad de Salamanca, España
Revista:
Education in the knowledge society (EKS)

ISSN: 2444-8729,  1138-9737

Año de publicación: 2022

Número: 23

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.14201/EKS.27529 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

Los estereotipos de género se encuentran en las diferentes esferas en las que se desarrolla un individuo. Existen presiones sociales, sesgos, patrones y roles, creencias estereotipadas, que condicionan el comportamiento y la autopercepción de la persona. Esto también sucede en el momento de decidir qué estudios superiores cursar. Si bien se trata de una decisión que se dirige al futuro profesional y que debería estar marcada por las perspectivas futuras de carrera, en ocasiones no es así. No existen evidencias de que la brecha de género en el sector de la ciencia, la tecnología, la ingeniería y las matemáticas (STEM) esté producida por razones biológicas, naturales o cognitivas. Sin embargo, sí existen evidencias de que el ambiente, la cultura y los contextos en los que se desenvuelve la persona condicionan esta decisión. El objetivo del trabajo es identificar las influencias sociales, familiares, educativas y del grupo de iguales que existen sobre la opinión que los universitarios tienen sobre los estudios STEM. Para ello se ha aplicado un cuestionario, a partir de un estudio piloto exploratorio. En el piloto han participado 115 personas, todas ellas estudiantes de universidad. El estudio ha seguido una metodología cuantitativa, a partir de la construcción de cinco dimensiones (Ideología de Género, Actitudes, Intereses, Percepción y Autopercepción, y Expectativas sobre la Ciencia) y contrastes de hipótesis, para el instrumento. Los resultados refuerzan la hipótesis de que los diferentes ambientes que rodean a la persona condicionan que esta tenga o no estereotipos de género sobre los estudios superiores STEM. Principalmente, se deben tener en cuenta los apoyos recibidos, los referentes y quiénes han juzgado su decisión sobre los estudios cursados.

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