Swimming against the tide in STEM education and gender equality: a problem of recruitment or retention in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Siew, Ching Goy, Yut, Lin Wong, Wah, Yun Low, Siti Nurani, Mohd Noor, Zahra, Fazli Khalaf, Nkechi, Onyeneho, Esther, Daniel, Suzana, Ariff Azizan, Maisarah, Hasbullah, GinikaUzoigwe, Anthonia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15618/1/Siew.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15618/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313106583_Swimming_against_the_tide_in_STEM_education_and_gender_equality_a_problem_of_recruitment_or_retention_in_Malaysia; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1277383

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is acknowledged as one of the key drivers of technological innovation. Malaysian women join the educational pipeline as equals to their male counterparts. Nevertheless, women are persistently under-represented in technology and engineering, bu...