TY - GEN
T1 - Gender diversity among computing students
T2 - 7th International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, TEEM 2019
AU - Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo
AU - Ben Yahia, Nesrine
AU - Larrucea, Xabier
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 ACM.
PY - 2019/10/16
Y1 - 2019/10/16
N2 - ICT is pervasively influencing all human activities. At the same time, and for reasons that are still being studied, the engagement of genders with ICT is not uniform. In this context, this paper aims to provide some insights into the experiences and challenges faced in three different countries (Norway, Spain and Tunisia), with regards to computing education. Three computing researchers working in these countries have collected required data from their institutions in a double effort: i) to compare the data from the three countries regarding gender equality and its evolution in two different scenarios: Software Engineering students and ICT faculty, ii) to examine their perceptions and provide some reflections, observations and avenues of research in the three case studies and cultures. Results are compared with recent national and international initiatives to bring justifications and avenues of research in the topic.
AB - ICT is pervasively influencing all human activities. At the same time, and for reasons that are still being studied, the engagement of genders with ICT is not uniform. In this context, this paper aims to provide some insights into the experiences and challenges faced in three different countries (Norway, Spain and Tunisia), with regards to computing education. Three computing researchers working in these countries have collected required data from their institutions in a double effort: i) to compare the data from the three countries regarding gender equality and its evolution in two different scenarios: Software Engineering students and ICT faculty, ii) to examine their perceptions and provide some reflections, observations and avenues of research in the three case studies and cultures. Results are compared with recent national and international initiatives to bring justifications and avenues of research in the topic.
KW - Gender equality
KW - Gender issues in Computer Science
KW - Norway
KW - Spain
KW - Tunisia
KW - Women in ICT
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075421266&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3362789.3362796
DO - 10.1145/3362789.3362796
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85075421266
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 196
EP - 200
BT - Proceedings - TEEM 2019
A2 - Conde-Gonzalez, Miguel Angel
A2 - Rodriguez-Sedano, Francisco Jesus
A2 - Fernandez-Llamas, Camino
A2 - Garcia-Penalvo, Francisco Jose
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 16 October 2019 through 18 October 2019
ER -
