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Women and information technology : research on underrepresentation / / edited by J. McGrath Cohoon and William Aspray
| Women and information technology : research on underrepresentation / / edited by J. McGrath Cohoon and William Aspray |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (520 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004/.082 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CohoonJ. McGrath
AsprayWilliam |
| Soggetto topico |
Computers and women
Sex differences in education Women computer scientists |
| Soggetto non controllato |
COMPUTER SCIENCE/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Sociology SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
| ISBN |
9786612096211
0-262-25592-8 1-282-09621-4 1-4294-7723-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777517203321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women and information technology : research on underrepresentation / / edited by J. McGrath Cohoon and William Aspray
| Women and information technology : research on underrepresentation / / edited by J. McGrath Cohoon and William Aspray |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (520 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004/.082 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CohoonJ. McGrath
AsprayWilliam |
| Soggetto topico |
Computers and women
Sex differences in education Women computer scientists |
| ISBN |
9786612096211
0-262-25592-8 1-282-09621-4 1-4294-7723-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821644403321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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