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Happenstance and Compromise: A Gendered Analysis of Students' Computing Degree Course Selection
Catherine Lang
Computer Science Education Vol. 20, No. 4 (December 2010) pp. 317–345
The number of students choosing to study computing at university continues to decline this century, with an even sharper decline in female students. This article presents the results of a series of interviews with university students studying...
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Tertiary computing course selection: The impact of mathematics anxiety on female decision making
Catherine Lang
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jan 01, 2002) pp. 341–358
Is mathematics anxiety contributing to the declining numbers of females enrolling in tertiary computing courses? Initial observation of enrolments in tertiary computing courses at an Australian university suggests a direct correlation between the...
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Twenty-First Century Australian Women and IT: Exercising the Power of Choice
Catherine Lang
Computer Science Education Vol. 17, No. 3 (September 2007) pp. 215–226
This paper investigates the Australian literature relating to female under-representation in the information technology (IT) sphere of careers and education. This summary of the current body of literature presented through the lens of the nature of...
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Gender and Stereotypes in Motivation to Study Computer Programming for Careers in Multimedia
Wendy Doube; Catherine Lang
Computer Science Education Vol. 22, No. 1 (2012) pp. 63–78
A multimedia university programme with relatively equal numbers of male and female students in elective programming subjects provided a rare opportunity to investigate female motivation to study and pursue computer programming in a career. The MSLQ...
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The Importance of Outreach Programs to Unblock the Pipeline and Broaden Diversity in ICT Education
Catherine Lang; Annemieke Craig; MaryAnne Egan
International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 2016) pp. 38–49
There is a need for outreach programs to attract a diverse range of students to the computing discipline. The lack of qualified computing graduates to fill the growing number of computing vacancies is of concern to government and industry and there...
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A pedagogy for outreach activities in ICT: Promoting peer to peer learning, creativity and experimentation
Catherine Lang; Annemieke Craig; Gail Casey
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 48, No. 6 (November 2017) pp. 1491–1501
The importance of integrating technology into the classroom has become a priority at most levels of the curriculum in many countries around the world. This paper draws on the evaluation and research that informed four outreach programs. The authors...
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Social Media Challenges and Affordances for International Students: Bridges, Boundaries, and Hybrid Spaces
Jade Sleeman; Catherine Lang; Narelle Lemon
Journal of Studies in International Education Vol. 20, No. 5 (2016) pp. 391–415
Many higher education institutions around the world are increasingly motivated to incorporate social media for pedagogical benefit. At the same time, many institutions are also attracting an ever-growing number of students from overseas countries....
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Twenty Years of Girls into Computing Days: Has It Been Worth the Effort?
Annemieke Craig; Catherine Lang; Julie Fisher
Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 7 (2008) pp. 339–353
The first documented day-long program to encourage girls to consider computing as a career was held in 1987 in the U.K. Over the last 20 years these one-day events, labeled Girls into Computing days, have been conducted by academics and...