A study in engaging female students in computer science using role models

Jonathan Black; Paul Curzon; Chrystie Myketiak; Peter W. McOwan

doi:10.1145/1999747.1999768

A study in engaging female students in computer science using role models

Jonathan Black, Paul Curzon, Chrystie Myketiak, Peter W. McOwan

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An effective approach to engaging young women to take computing in higher education is to provide examples of successful female computer scientists. Can a print publication that combines core computing concepts with inspiring stories of women in the field be effective? In this paper, we describe a campaign that distributed a 60 - page booklet on women in computing to UK secondary schools. We analyse the initial response from teachers, and draw some general conclusions from the project. Teachers expressed strong enthusiasm for the booklet, and also report the desire for recruitment and retention of girls in their computing programmes. They had confidence in the potential for this booklet to inspire young women to take computing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITiCSE '11 Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on innovation and technology in computer science education
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	ACM
Pages	63-67
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781450306973
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1999747.1999768
Publication status	Published - 27 Jun 2011
Event	ITiCSE '11 Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on innovation and technology in computer science education - Darmstadt, Germany, 27-29 June 2011 Duration: 27 Jun 2011 → …

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Black, J, Curzon, P, Myketiak, C & McOwan, PW 2011, A study in engaging female students in computer science using role models. in ITiCSE '11 Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on innovation and technology in computer science education. ACM, New York, NY, pp. 63-67, ITiCSE '11 Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on innovation and technology in computer science education, 27/06/11. https://doi.org/10.1145/1999747.1999768

A study in engaging female students in computer science using role models. / Black, Jonathan; Curzon, Paul; Myketiak, Chrystie et al.
ITiCSE '11 Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on innovation and technology in computer science education. New York, NY: ACM, 2011. p. 63-67.

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