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January 17, 2022
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The Gender Gap in Engineering Education During The COVID-19 Lockdown: A Study Case

Publicated to: International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy. 11 (6): 117-131 - 2021-01-01 11(6), DOI: 10.3991/ijep.v11i6.24945

Authors:

Bordel, Borja; Alcarria, Ramon; Robles, Tomas; Martin, Diego
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Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Geospatial Engn, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSI Telecommun, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Higher education in Spain, especially in Madrid, was suddenly and unexpectedly shut down on March 9th 2020 because of the beginning of the COVID-19 first wave emergency. In engineering education, where practical laboratories are a relevant part of the educational process, professors followed different approaches (sometimes concurrently), designed after only three or five days of discussions. Although, globally, the obtained results are acceptable considering the situation, after informally analyzing the data and observing the post-lockdown students' profile, some collectives seem to have suffered a higher impact than other. Three research questions are analyzed. The objective of this work is to analyze if the performance of women in engineering courses, specifically in computer engineering, is different from male students. The study case is carried out at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, particularly, in the computer engineering degree. Furthermore, if a statistically relevant difference is discovered (based on Mann-Whitney U test), the final causes of this worrying situation will be studied. Official academic results and other similar indicators were analyzed. Besides, more than one hundred surveys among students were developed. Percentage of women (participants) is above 30%. Results clearly show a deterioration in all indicators for all collectives and students, comparing the performance during the lockdown and the performance of previous years. However, this impact is not homogenous, and results also show a gender gap placing women in engineering education during the lockdown (an after) in a disadvantaged situation.
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Keywords

Education in emergency situationsExperiences in educationGender gapKnowledgeManagementSchoolScienceStemTechnology—gender gap

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Engineering (Miscellaneous).

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • Google Scholar: 10
  • WoS: 5
  • Scopus: 7
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-27:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 12 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/85548/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 114
  • Downloads: 73
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (BORDEL SANCHEZ, BORJA) and Last Author (MARTIN DE ANDRES, DIEGO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been BORDEL SANCHEZ, BORJA.

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Awards linked to the item

The research leading to these results has received funding from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through the COGNOS project. (PID2019105484RB-I00) and from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid through "Design of methodology and technological support for the proposal of Challenges in Secure Societies" Project (IE1920.1201) and "Creation of a training itinerary in the area of cyber protection, through the use of micro-contents and a flipped classroom in undergraduate and master's subjects" Project (IE1920.6101).
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