Meninas em ADS: por que tão poucas? um estudo dessa situação na cidade na cidade de Floriano-PI

Abstract

The female audience emerges as the majority in access to higher education, however, they correspond to only 13.3% of enrollment in courses in the areas of Computing and Information Technology (IT) and Communication (IBGE, 2021). This article presents the results of an investigation whose objective was to point out what are the main indicators among the 11 most recurrent factors found in theoretical studies for the demotivation of girls in the city of Floriano for the Technology course in Systems Analysis and Development (ADS) at IFPI. The research is quantitative with bibliographic and exploratory bias, which counted with the collaboration of 48 girls from three public schools in the city of Floriano. To analyze the data collected, we chose to use the exploratory factor analysis technique. The results point to the existence of 4 factors that lead to this demotivation: I. Gender inequality: invisibility to discomfort, II. Lack of dissemination of female role models, III. Persistence of gender, cultural, and historical stereotypes, and IV. Lack of knowledge about how to develop in careers technology.