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This publication contains a selection of papers from the Women into Computing (WiC) Conferences which have been held over the last three years. Major national conferences were held in 1988 and 1990 and a smaller conference on the subject of organizing workshops for schoolgirls was held in 1989. The papers cover a variety of issues ranging from the discussion of attitudes of girls to technology at school, the management of classes and limited resources, making links between schools and industry and organizing workshops for schoolgirls, through to the discussion of courses for women returners and examples of models of co-operation between industry and schools. Women into Computing is an active working group, which was formed in 1987 to encourage more women into the field of computing. It focuses on promoting interest at school, further, higher and continuing education levels with the longer term aim of increasing the numbers of women with fulfilling careers in technology-related areas. The skills shortage is already a serious one and demographic changes mean that industry will, over the next decade, need to pay increasing attention to short term and long term measures to overcome the crisis, one of which will be the increasing employment of women in increasingly technological work.

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Author:   Gillian Lovegrove ,  Barbara Segal
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Edition. ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.767kg
ISBN:  

9783540196488

ISBN 10:   354019648
Pages:   428
Publication Date:   11 February 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Section 1: Invited Speakers.- 1. Women into Computing: The Need for Positive Action Now.- 2. Beyond the Great Divide.- 3. Computing in Schools: the Same Old Story.- 4. Getting Women into Computing.- 5. Attracting Women Returners in Computing.- 6. Employer — Education Cooperation.- Section II: Attitudes and Issues.- 7. Where Are the Girls Now?.- 8. Young Women and the Culture of Software Engineering.- 9. Expert Systems — A Women’s Perspective.- 10. Removed From Power.- 11. Why Do We Want To See More Women in Computing?.- 12. Machismo and the Hacker Mentality.- 13. Child Care Provision in Higher Education: A Case Study.- Section III: Young Women and Education.- 14. Opting Out Of Technology: A Study of Girls’ GCSE Choices.- 15. Action Research: Primary Schoolgirls and New Technology.- 16. IT Teaching in Schools — Gender Bias in the Secondary School.- 17. Girls and Computing — A Case Study.- 18. Observations of Attitudes to IT in Database Use in Schools.- 19. A Study of Computing Experiences of Female A-Level Maths Students.- 20. Profile of Glasgow “WiC” Girls.- 21. The Gender Gap in Secondary School Computer Use.- 22. School and Industry Links — An Example of Co-operation.- Section IV: Higher and Further Education.- 23. Choice and Image: Gender and Computer Studies in Higher Education.- 24. Computer Attitudes, Interface Preference And Simple Task Performance.- 25. An Analysis of Attempts to Remember that Some Students are Female.- 26. Home-based Computing for Women Students.- 27. Making a Place for Women in Computing.- 28. Initiatives for Recruitment of Female Undergraduates.- 29. Industrial Placements: Women’s Experience.- 30. Does a Masculine Management Style Deter Women Applicants?.- 31. IT: Issues including Role Models and Routes to Promotion.- 32.Information Technology — Art or Science?.- 33. Women: The Hidden Users of Computers.- Section V: Women Returners.- 34. Encouraging Women Returners into Computing Courses in Higher Education.- 35. Women Returners and Higher Education — Initiatives at Sunderland Polytechnic.- 36. Women Returners: New Initiatives and Experiences.- 37. SWIM: Scottish Women Returners Study Information Technology Management.- 38. WISE UP: A New Course for Women Returners Run at Reading.- 39. Women Returners: Finding the Gaps.- 40. ‘Managing With Computers’ at the Women and Work Programme.- 41. Why do Women Normally Re-enter the Work Force?.- 42. The Women into Information Technology (WIT) Campaign.- Section VI: Careers.- 43. Networking and the UK Federation of Business and Professional Women.- 44. Women’s Career Paths in Artificial Intelligence.- 45. Management: Practical Experiences in the UK and Canada.- Section VII: WiC Activities.- 46. Grassroot Groups — Experiences in Horticultural Cultivation.- 47. Experiences of One Day Workshops for Schoolgirls.- 48. Getting Women into Computing: Strategies for Overcoming Prejudice.- 49. Girls into IT at Stockton Sixth Form College, Cleveland.- 50. Insight into Attitudes to Computing.- 51. Action Stations: Let’s Organise a Workshop for Schoolgirls!.- 52. No Previous Experience Necessary.- 53. Southampton WiC Workshops.- 54. The Edinburgh Women in Computing Workshops.- Section VIII: International and Cultural.- 55. Scenes from Europe.- 56. Women in Technology in the European Community.- 57 Gender Bias: The East-West Paradox.- 58. Paradox and Practice: Gender in Computing and Engineering in Eastern Europe.- 59. Women into Computing: Some Experience from New Zealand.- Appendix A: Bibliography.- Appendix B: Useful Addresses.- Author Index.

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