Women and information technology : research on underrepresentation / / edited by J. McGrath Cohoon and William Aspray

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (520 p.)
• Disciplina: 004/.082
• Soggetto topico: Computers and women; Sex differences in education; Women computer scientists
• Altri autori: CohoonJ. McGrath AsprayWilliam
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The State of Research on Girls and IT; 2 Examining the Gender Gap in IT by Race: Young Adults' Decisions to Pursue an IT Career; 3 Lost in Translation: Gender and High School Computer Science; 4 Recruiting Middle School Girls into IT: Data on Girls' Perceptions and Experiences from a Mixed- Demographic Group; 5 A Critical Review of the Research on Women's Participation in Postsecondary Computing Education; 6 A Matter of Degrees: Female Underrepresentation in Computer Science Programs Cross-Nationally ; 7 Just Get Over It or Just Get On with It: Retaining Women in Undergraduate Computing8 The Poverty of the Pipeline Metaphor: The AAAS/ CPST Study of Nontraditional Pathways into IT/CS Education and the Workforce; 9 Gender Differences among Students in Computer Science and Applied Information Technology; 10 Confronting the ''Socialization'' Barrier: Cross- Ethnic Differences in Undergraduate Women's Preference for IT Education; 11 Women in Computer Science or Management Information Systems Courses: A Comparative Analysis ; 12 Traversing the Undergraduate Curriculum in Computer Science: Where Do Students Stumble?13 The Transition of Women from the Academic World to the IT Workplace: A Review of the Relevant Research; 14 Gender and Professional Commitment among IT Professionals: The Special Case of Female Newcomers to Organizations; 15 Foot in the Door, Mouse in Hand: Low-Income Women, Short-Term Job Training Programs, and IT Careers; Conclusion; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Experts investigate the reasons for low female participation in computing and suggest strategies for moving toward parity through studies of middle and high school girls, female students and postsecondary computer science programs, and women in the information technology workforce.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women and information technology
• ISBN: 9786612096211; 0-262-25592-8; 1-282-09621-4; 1-4294-7723-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821644403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II