Awareness seeds for more gender diversity in computer science education

Bartilla, Anne; Köppe, Christian

doi:10.1145/2855321.2855359

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“…In earlier work we described 12 design patterns that address some of the above mentioned reasons and that subsume practices described in reports on successful diversification projects [Bartilla and Köppe 2015; Köppe and Bartilla 2014; Bartilla and Köppe 2016]. In this work we intend to make the next steps towards a pattern language for increasing gender diversity in computer science education.…”

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Towards a pattern language for increasing gender diversity in computer science education

Köppe

Bartilla

2017

Proceedings of the VikingPLoP 2017 Conference on Pattern Languages of Program

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There are many different reasons why few women participate in CS, such as geek culture, gender stereotypes, lack of female role models, or lack of support for females when choosing a CS career. There are also initiatives which successfully addressed these reasons, leading to a more diverse student population in CS education. In earlier work we identified important aspects of these initiatives and described them as educational design patterns. In this paper we connect these diverse patterns and make the beginning of a pattern language.

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“…In earlier work we focused on the aspects of enrollment and retention of female students in CSE [ Köppe and Bartilla 2014], creating awareness of the issue of missing gender diversity in CSE [ Bartilla and Köppe 2015], and on activities which have impact on different organizational levels [ Bartilla and Köppe 2016].…”

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Towards a pattern language for increasing gender diversity in computer science education

Köppe

Bartilla

2017

Proceedings of the VikingPLoP 2017 Conference on Pattern Languages of Program

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“…The existing imbalance between men and women in ICT careers has been a topic of discussion partly due to the fact that everyone should have equal access to the same chances and opportunities but also due to the acknowledgement that diversity in the workforce is connected with better economic performance [15]. Like mentioned before, women and girls participation in STEM and ICT courses and careers is still significantly low.…”

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Addressing the Gender Gap in Computer Programming Through the Design and Development of Serious Games

Carvalho

Cerar

Rugelj

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IEEE R. Iberoamericana Tecnologias Aprendizaje

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The gap between male and female participation in computer science education and careers is a worldwide issue that must be addressed by introducing early methodological learning interventions that make computer science attractive to all, that is by answering the following issues: a) misperception among educators, learners, parents and youngsters on the suitability of computer science careers to girls and b) a wrong assumption of an insufficient preparedness to do it successfully. This article presents a European initiative-CODING4GIRLS-that proposes to teach coding through a game design and development process based on a design thinking methodological approach that is linked to creativity and human-centered solutions. In this methodology, students address increasingly complex real-life challenges by designing and developing awareness raising serious games for which they need to learn specific coding concepts.

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“…Overall, the lack of women enrolment in STEM courses has affected the presence of a woman in technical and executive positions in tech companies [2]. For example, the Netherlands has achieved a female enrolment rate in CS of only 4% to 5% [4]. This is similar to Australia, where the majority of female high school students disliked studying Information Technology (IT) [5].…”

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“…The fact that developed countries have seen such low participation rates for women in CT may be attributed to social and psychological factors [5], which affect enrolment in computing fields [10]. In the past decades, multiple initiatives have been carried out to increase female enrolment in ICT [4], [11]. However, these initiatives have shown little effect on female enrolment in math, physical sciences, engineering, and Computer Science (CS) [11].…”

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Gender-based Engagement Model for Serious Games

Alserri

Zin

Wook

2018

International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology

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Information and Communications Technology (ICT) improve learning quality and increases outcomes while allowing for more natural control of learning systems. It has a significant impact on the economy in many regions. However, there is a lack of female engagement in ICT fields in many countries. Serious Games are effective tools for learning, and it can be used to motivate women to study Computer Science. Gender preference factors affect engagement and motivation to play certain types of digital games, but few studies have designed digital games for females. Furthermore, most games with Computer Science content do not interest young adult females and fail to describe how the social and cultural content of the game explains the game experience of female players. As a solution, an extensive study of related literature on effective Serious Game elements, including motivational elements that influence a player to engage with digital games, effective educational game elements, female preference elements regarding digital games, and elements that impact the motivation of players to engage with the game was conducted. The result is a conceptual model for gender-based engagement in Serious Games. The proposed model will be implemented to increase the engagement of undergraduate females in Computer Science.

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Awareness seeds for more gender diversity in computer science education

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

Towards a pattern language for increasing gender diversity in computer science education

Towards a pattern language for increasing gender diversity in computer science education

Addressing the Gender Gap in Computer Programming Through the Design and Development of Serious Games

Gender-based Engagement Model for Serious Games

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