Characterizations of computing careers: Students and professionals disagree
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Valerie A. Clarke, G. Joy Teague
Computers & Education Volume 26, Number 4, ISSN 0360-1315 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Girls are generally under-represented in secondary and tertiary level computing courses. Seeking reasons for these gender differences in enrollments, data were collected from open-ended interviews with three different samples of participants: (1) 34 male and 34 female students enrolled in the second or third year of a university computer science course; (2) 33 secondary school girls aged 13–17 years, drawn from four different schools; and (3) 19 women working professionally in a computer-based career. Both the secondary and tertiary students held stereotyped views of computing and computer-related careers which differed markedly from the perceptions of the professional women. Important aspects of these careers were identified by the professional women. The question remains as to the numbers of students who make a poor career choice based on inaccurate perceptions of both computing and non-computing careers.
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Clarke, V.A. & Joy Teague, G. (1996). Characterizations of computing careers: Students and professionals disagree. Computers & Education, 26(4), 241-246. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved August 13, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/81605/.
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