Re: [Phys-l] Professional Role Confidence and Gendered Persistence in Engineering

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in "Re: Professional 
Role Confidence and Gendered Persistence in Engineering" [Hake 
(2011)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT:  Robert Fuller of the PhysLrnR list referenced an "Inside 
Higher Ed" report on "Professional Role Confidence and Gendered 
Persistence in Engineering" [Cech et al. (2011)] and asked in his 
subject line "How relevant is this to physics?"  In my opinion:

a.  YES! -Cech et al. (2011)] IS relevant to physics. According to 
Berrett (2011) "Cech et al. suggest that the findings about 
professional-role confidence may be relevant in other fields in which 
women are historically underrepresented, including physical science 
and medical specialties such as surgery."

b. A companion piece "Professional Role Confidence and Gendered 
Persistence in Physics" could be probably be extracted from the 
resources in "Gender Issues in Science/Math Education (GISME)" [Hake 
& Mallow (2008) at <http://bit.ly/gXdrvR> (8.5 MB)  and 
<http://bit.ly/fBTzqV> (4.8 MB)].
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To access the complete 11 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/vtdY62>

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the
      Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)
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REFERENCES [All URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 4 
Nov 2011.]

Berrett, D. 2011. "Lack of Confidence as Professionals Spurs Women to 
Leave Engineering, Study Finds." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 
25 October; online at <http://bit.ly/vFNSWC>.

Cech, E., B. Rubineau, S. Silbey, and C. Seron. 2011. "Professional 
Role Confidence and Gendered Persistence in Engineering," American 
Sociological Review 76 (5): 641.

Hake, R.R. 2011. "Re: Professional Role Confidence and Gendered 
Persistence in Engineering"  online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at 
<http://bit.ly/vtdY62>.  Post of 4 Nov 2011 14:45:16-0700 to AERA-L 
and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being 
transmitted to several discussion lists and are also on my blog 
"Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/sr3rHw> with a provision for 
comments.