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- Gender digital divide: the complexity of digital media literacy among high school students with professional technical training in Mexico(2023-07-15) Peláez Sánchez, Iris Cristina; George Reyes, Carlos Enrique; Glasserman Morales, Leonardo David; https://ror.org/03ayjn504; The International Academic Forum (IAFOR)Nowadays, society faces a new era of digitization and virtualization due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This era has influenced all the complex aspects of human life. Therefore, it is vital to promote the digital media literacy of students in all educational levels, but it is needed in high school as a step before higher education. On the other hand, the digital gender divide represents a digital fracture that causes a lower representation of women in the digital world and access to STEM careers, even affecting female students' learning due to factors such as technophobia or stereotypes associated with feminine and masculine roles. This study presents the perception of the complex level of digital media literacy of 124 students (men=73, women=44, and non-binary students=7) in a high school center with technical professional training in computer science in Mexico. The data collection employed an instrument that measured three dimensions of digital media literacy based on gender. The sample considered just male participants in all groups, highlighting a gender gap in technical and professional education. However, men had a lower level in all three dimensions: Access to Digital Information (ADI) (M=3.05), Interpretation of Digital Information (IDI) (M=3.05), and Production and Socialization of Digital Communication (PSDC) (M=3.02) compared to women (ADI: M=3.10; IDI: M=3.10; PSDC: M=3.21). Although the results indicate differences in media literacy among high school students with professional technical training, the interaction between men and women is highly similar.
- The experience of women students in engineering and mathematics careers: a focus group study(Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, 2021-04-21) García Holgado, Alicia; Verdugo Castro, Sonia; Dominguez, Angeles; Hernandez Armenta, Itzel; García Peñalvo, Francisco J.; Vázquez Ingelmo, Andrea; Sánchez Gómez, Mª Cruz; HERNANDEZ ARMENTA, ITZEL; 776787; IEEEThe gender gap is a problem that occurs in different forms in regions and countries around the world. It is a goal of large international organisations, governments, companies and other entities. Although it is not a new issue, it is important to continue studying it and seek mechanisms and strategies to attract and maintain more women in these areas. In particular, in the field of education and employment, the STEM areas present large gender gaps whose reduction would not only impact the equality of men and women but would also have an impact on the economy of the countries and on improving the economic situation of women. In this context, there are initiatives in Latin America working on this issue, but it is necessary to look more deeply into the elements that influence the decision to study careers in these areas. In this context, two focus groups have been held as roundtables with STEM women from different Latin American and European countries, to answer a series of questions centred on their motivations and decisions before and during their university studies. The results obtained have provided some inputs for defining gender equality action plans in ten Higher Education Institutions from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Mexico. Furthermore, the results show similarities with previous studies involving STEM women with different Latin American profiles.