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Is It Transformation or Reform? The Lived Experiences of African Women Doctoral Students in STEM Disciplines in South African Universities
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Mkhize, Zamambo – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2023
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields have historically been disciplines dominated by white men. The colonial ideology designated Africans as subhuman, inferior intellectually, socially, and culturally to the white masculine norm in STEM disciplines. STEM education and careers were thus constructed to attract white,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Womens Education, Females
'They Are Just Women, What Do They Know?': The Lived Experiences of African Women Doctoral Students in the Mathematics Discipline in South African Universities
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Mkhize, Zamambo – Transformation in Higher Education, 2022
Background: The presence of African women in mathematics has been nearly invisible. The underrepresentation of African women in this field is a result of their historical socio-political marginalisation. The mathematics discipline is politicised, racialised, and gendered to systematically oppress African women. The mathematics fields continue to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, Females, Disproportionate Representation