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That different areas of knowledge (both academic and professional) have different gender appeal is a well known fact. This is also the true of the educational profiles of the professions in the ProLearn project, which are more or less gendered and have not experienced noticeable change in this regard over the last few years.
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Rudberg, M. (2012). Gender, knowledge and desire. In: Jensen, K., Lahn, L.C., Nerland, M. (eds) Professional Learning in the Knowledge Society. The Knowledge Economy and Education, vol 6. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-994-7_10
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