Abstract

NAVA PRECIADO, José María. Studying engineering: implications from the narratives of group students. CPU-e. Rev. Investig. Educ [online]. 2018, n.26, pp.87-113. ISSN 1870-5308.

This paper examines the implications of a group of students of engineering related with a series of ideas, values and codes on their attributes as students of these fields, and the differences that have set with other students of different professions. Explore how much participation have in the widespread stereotype that in the engineering careers are mostly male. It is an interpretive study, to retrieve the information were used semi-structured interviews, within the framework of the campus party event in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, to young people from 11 universities in the country. First investigations show that our young people see the engineering as a professional area that cultivated the personal capabilities and guarantees a promising future employment. However, their narratives do not share the image of “engineering for men” and are not considered as students with attributes higher than young people of other careers.

Keywords : Students; engineering; narrative; stereotypes; professional.

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