Narrative is one of many qualitative methodologies that can be brought to bear in collecting
and analysing data and reporting results, though it is not as frequently used as say in case …

Background Methodology refers to the theoretical arguments that researchers use in order to
justify their research methods and design. There is an extensive range of well established …

This article takes as a point of departure Erving Goffmans (1959) ideas and the self-
discrepancy theory of Higgins (1987) in order to introduce the habits of self-presentation of …

The image of engineering as a masculine profession has reproduced the perception that
engineering is unsuitable for women. While various strategies have been used to try to …

Background Calls for culture change as key to systemic reform in engineering education
implicitly assume the existence of common elements of a distinctive culture. The landscape …

Female underrepresentation in postcompulsory physics is an ongoing issue for science
education research, policy, and practice. In this article, we apply Bourdieusian and Butlerian …

Our longitudinal qualitative research program examining doctoral student, post‐PhD
researcher and new lecturer experience is situated in an international literature …

Engineering identity is believed to relate to educational and professional persistence. In
particular, a student's sense of belonging to the engineering community is critical to that …

[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Gender in Physics.] This article analyzes
masculinity and experimental practices within three different physics communities. This work …

BACKGROUND The notion of identity in engineering has become an emerging field in
educational research, and many studies focus on the formation of professional engineering …