Table 3 Resume of attitudes, situations, and actions that impacted women’s choices towards STEM careers (n = 33).
From: Analysis of the retention of women in higher education STEM programs
Attitudes of other people | Self-attitudes and values | External situations | Actions by Faculty and students |
|---|---|---|---|
What […] have impacted you to stay in STEM studies? | |||
Empathy, sincerity, emotion, passion for the area, accompaniment, consistency, discipline, constancy, support, and solidarity. Inspiring professors. Professional development and networking. | Perseverance, discipline, organization, resilience, passion, commitment, curiosity, effort, dedication, responsibility, collaboration, creativity, and inspiration. Likeness to learn and love for science. | Talking to professors about the future, projects with Training Partners or additional projects, being able to carry out laboratory practices, all applications of the career, and the subjects of the career. Self-desires and knowledge need. | Mentorship, commitment to student learning and feedback, their care, willingness to help, preparation, motivation and inspiration, support, and dedication. The atmosphere of support, friendship, and interest in having a notorious impact on the environment. The application of real situations for learning, relationship with the life and history of the human being. |
What […] have impacted you to change into STEM studies? | |||
Availability and having a common goal. | Tenacity, resilience and integrity, and an improvement mentality | To have programmed an interface on my own. Study a subject on my own and understand the topics perfectly. It made me feel, for the first time, that I was capable enough. | Share academic means to study independently and work towards a common goal. The willingness of some instructors to give advice. |
People are very competitive. | Tolerance, I´m more tolerant now. | There is much information that must be learned | All extra things that one must search for |
