Women in academia: An analysis through a scoping review

Carmen Araneda-Guirriman; Geraldy Sepúlveda-Páez; Liliana Pedraja-Rejas; Julia San Martín

doi:10.3389/feduc.2023.1137866

Women in academia: An analysis through a scoping review

Título traducido de la contribución: Mujeres en el mundo académico: Un análisis a través de una revisión de alcance

Carmen Araneda-Guirriman
, Geraldy Sepúlveda-Páez
, Liliana Pedraja-Rejas
, Julia San Martín

Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial y de Sistemas

Producción científica: Contribución a una revista › Artículo de revisión › revisión exhaustiva

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Los cambios en la educación superior, como las medidas de desempeño en investigación, el neoliberalismo, el movimiento feminista y la pandemia de COVID-19, han desafiado a las mujeres en la academia. La incorporación de las mujeres en la academia es un fenómeno relativamente reciente. Fue solo a mediados del siglo pasado que la presencia de mujeres en la educación superior aumentó sistemáticamente; sin embargo, este aumento en la participación de las mujeres en la educación no ha eliminado las brechas y desigualdades de género. Este artículo muestra los resultados de una revisión de alcance de la literatura científica, que tuvo como objetivo identificar lo que se ha escrito sobre las experiencias de las mujeres en la academia durante la última década y determinar las brechas de conocimiento. Para este fin, se revisaron tres bases de datos, Web of Science, Scopus y Google Scholar, para la búsqueda de literatura. Como resultado, se obtuvieron 533 artículos; sin embargo, después de aplicar los criterios de exclusión, se analizaron 129 artículos científicos. El análisis temático identificó cinco temas centrales en los últimos 10 años (dificultades experimentadas por las académicas en sus carreras; la subrepresentación de las académicas; el impacto del neoliberalismo en las carreras de las académicas; los factores facilitadores en las carreras de las académicas; y el efecto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en las carreras de las académicas). Finalmente, estas categorías y subcategorías dan forma a los desafíos que enfrentan las académicas en la Educación Superior y son analizadas y discutidas. En conclusión, más de un tercio de los artículos revisados reflexionan sobre las dificultades experimentadas por las académicas en sus carreras durante la década; sin embargo, durante los últimos años, es posible identificar artículos que abordan los desafíos intensificados en el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19. A partir de 2018, los artículos que abordan los efectos del neoliberalismo en las carreras de las académicas han aumentado. En menor medida, también se encuentran artículos que abordan aspectos que facilitan el desarrollo de las carreras académicas de las mujeres. Se plantea así una reflexión esencial sobre los retos y dificultades que enfrentan las mujeres académicas a lo largo de su carrera.

Título traducido de la contribución	Mujeres en el mundo académico: Un análisis a través de una revisión de alcance
Idioma original	Inglés
Número de artículo	1137866
Publicación	Frontiers in Education
Volumen	8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1137866
Estado	Publicada - 2023

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Academia
Género
Educación superior
Revisión del alcance
Mujeres académicas

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