Endepohls-Ulpe, Martina
Martina Endepohls-Ulpe. Apl. Professor at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz, Institute for Psychology. Research topics are: Women and girls in science and technology, technology education, high ability (gifted children), gender differences in the educational system (especially the situation of boys).

The options women have to shape their lives have dramatically increased in the last decades in all European countries, amongst other things as a result of the women's movement. But considering the historical, cultural and political differences in the European nations it is no surprise that the process of reaching equal status with men for women has come to different stages in different areas of life. There are still some fields of remarkable gender inequalities. This book gives some insight into women's lives, their educational and occupational attainment and their choices regarding their career and family life.

Contents Claudia Quaiser-Pohl & Martina Endepohls-Ulpe Education, occupational career and family work - similarities and differences in women's choices in Europe (Editorial) I Gender and education Martina Endepohls-Ulpe Are females or males disadvantaged in contemporary educational systems? Christine Fontanini & Celine Avenel Ongoing training systems in France with regard to gender: A" teacher effects A" at universities Ewa Malinowska The impact of gender knowledge on one's behaviour at a micro-social level - based on statements from learning adults II Women's participation in STEM fields Claudia Quaiser-Pohl Women's choices in STEM - statistical data and theoretical approaches explaining the gender gap Jacqueline de Weerd & Els Rommes To beta or not to beta? The role of teachers in the gendered choice of science and technology by secondary school students Martina Endepohls-Ulpe, Judith Ebach, Josef Seiter & Nora Kaul Barriers and motivational factors for taking up a career in a technological field in Germany and Austria Sonja Virtanen Searching for ways to encourage and enable equal access for girls to study technology III Women's occupational careers Elisabeth Sander Biographies of female scientists in Austria - results of an interview study Christine Fontanini Is there a relation between horse riding and the desire to become a veterinarian? Gwen Elprana, Sibylle Stiehl, Magdalena Gatzka & Jorg Felfe Gender differences in Motivation to Lead in Germany Elmira Bancheva & Maria Ivanova Leadership styles of women in Bulgaria IV Women's roles in family life and family development Anna-Catharina Grohmann, Claudia Quaiser-Pohl & Marcus Hasselhorn Socio-cultural changes, values, and parental well-being - a comparison of Spanish and German mothers Silke Diestelkamp & Claudia Quaiser-Pohl Identity development after the birth of the first child - an empirical study of first-time mothers in the Republic of Ireland Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula & Joanna Brzezinska Gender relations in family - equal parenting Insa Fooken 'Late divorces' in the lives of German women from three different birth cohorts - a lasting impact of World War II?

The options women have to shape their lives have dramatically increased in the last decades, and this is true for all European countries. Changes in their societies with respect to women's rights have been fundamental, amongst other things as a result of the women's movement, which caused one of the greatest social revolutions of the 20th century. But considering the different starting points of the women's movement and all the other historical, cultural and political differences in the European nations it is no surprise that the situation of women is different, too, and that the process of reaching equal status with men has come to different stages in different areas of life. And, of course, there are still some fields of remarkable gender inequalities which can be noticed all over Europe.
This book wants to give some insight into the differences as well as the similarities of women's lives, their educational and occupational attainment and their choices with respect to occupational career and family life in several European countries. The authors come from different countries and represent different disciplines. Therefore the chapters cover a large variety of scientific approaches and draw a fine-grained picture of the situation of women s lives in Europe.