工程能力主义:对身体残疾,慢性和精神疾病的工程学生和专业人员的排斥和值
1Department of Sociology, Department of Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy), University of Michigan.
概括
残疾工程师在学术界和工作场所面临排斥和值,导致持久性降低. 在工程领域解决能力主义问题对于公平参与至关重要.
科学领域:
- 工程教育 工程教育教育
- 关于残疾人的研究.
- 工作场所的公平性
背景情况:
- 工程教育和专业领域往往排除了残疾人的观点.
- 研究表明,工程可能是特别有能力的,有限的系统帐户的排斥面临的残疾工程师.
研究的目的:
- 调查残疾工程师在课堂和工作场所与他们的非残疾同行相比,是否经历了更多负面的人际互动.
- 测试这一假设,身体残疾,慢性疾病和精神健康状况的工程师面临更大的排斥和值,影响他们继续在该领域工作的意图.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自美国工程课程的1729名学生的调查数据 (ASEE多样性和包容性调查).
- 雇员调查数据来自8,321名在美国工作的工程师 (STEM包容性研究调查).
- 应用回归,调解和交叉分析来检查经验和意图.
主要成果:
- 工程学生和残疾专业人士报告说,与同龄人相比,他们的社会包容性和专业尊重程度较低.
- 残疾学生更有可能打算离开他们的课程;残疾专业人士更有可能考虑离开他们的工作.
- 人际偏见在很大程度上解释了这些差异,在性别和种族/种族之间观察到交叉变化.
结论:
- 工程教育和工作场所表现出广泛的能力主义,阻碍了残疾人的充分参与.
- 需要进一步的学术关注,以识别和拆除残疾工程师面临的社会,文化和物理障碍.
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