TY - GEN
T1 - Using life course theory to frame women and girls' trajectories toward (or away) from computing
T2 - 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2015
AU - Schimpf, Corey
AU - Andronicos, Kelly
AU - Main, Joyce
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/12/2
Y1 - 2015/12/2
N2 - In this study, life course theory was used to synthesize research on women's underrepresentation in computing across 4 stages of their academic trajectory: pre high-school, high-school, college recruitment, and college retention. The Association for Computing Machinery and IEEE Explore databases, as well as select journals that publish on women in computing, were searched for relevant work. The synthesis reveals issues of use and access at early ages; several efforts at interventions at the pre high-school and high-school stage; the influence of stereotypical images of computing at the college recruitment stage; and exclusionary behavior and women's computing self efficacy as important issues at the retention stage. Similarities and differences across these stages are discussed, and recommendations are made for future work based on the synthesis and life course framework.
AB - In this study, life course theory was used to synthesize research on women's underrepresentation in computing across 4 stages of their academic trajectory: pre high-school, high-school, college recruitment, and college retention. The Association for Computing Machinery and IEEE Explore databases, as well as select journals that publish on women in computing, were searched for relevant work. The synthesis reveals issues of use and access at early ages; several efforts at interventions at the pre high-school and high-school stage; the influence of stereotypical images of computing at the college recruitment stage; and exclusionary behavior and women's computing self efficacy as important issues at the retention stage. Similarities and differences across these stages are discussed, and recommendations are made for future work based on the synthesis and life course framework.
KW - computer education
KW - life course theory
KW - underrepresentation
KW - women and girls in computing
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84960387886
U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2015.7344064
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2015.7344064
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84960387886
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 21 October 2015 through 24 October 2015
ER -