The Library
Exploring societal factors affecting the experience and engagement of first year female computer science undergraduates
Tools
Sinclair, Jane and Kalvala, Sara (2015) Exploring societal factors affecting the experience and engagement of first year female computer science undergraduates. In: Koli Calling : International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli, Finland, 19-22 Nov 2015. Published in: Koli Calling '15 Proceedings of the 15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research pp. 107-116. ISBN 9781450340205 . doi:10.1145/2828959.2828979
|
PDF
WRAP_9770711-cs-300915-koli15final.pdf - Accepted Version - Requires a PDF viewer. Download (574Kb) | Preview |
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2828959.2828979
Abstract
Despite computer science (CS) having many women associated with it historically, such as Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper, the proportion of female students completing computing degrees is steadily declining, particularly in the USA, UK, and several other Western countries. Many initiatives have been attempted to address this gender imbalance, but the majority have proved to be ineffectual and difficult to sustain in the long term. One important step in the notorious shrinking participation pipeline for CS is the first year of a university degree. The transition from school to university can be a difficult time for many students and, for females in CS, issues of readjusting expectations and of developing their identity within a predominantly male cohort may present an additional challenge. In this paper, we analyse data from the North American National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and discuss gender-distinct perceptions of the discipline and factors relating to retention of students, particularly female students, within the context of a small UK survey of first-year students’ expectations at the start of their studies. We suggest several areas emerging from the investigation which have implications for CS curricula and teaching practice.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software |
||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Computer scientists -- Women -- Education , Computer science, Women -- Education (Higher) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Koli Calling '15 Proceedings of the 15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research | ||||
Publisher: | ACM | ||||
ISBN: | 9781450340205 | ||||
Official Date: | 7 September 2015 | ||||
Dates: |
|
||||
Page Range: | pp. 107-116 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1145/2828959.2828979 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 30 March 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 25 May 2016 | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | Koli Calling : International Conference on Computing Education Research | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Koli, Finland | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 19-22 Nov 2015 | ||||
Related URLs: |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year