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The day before yesterday I wrote an entry about women in computing (http://lang-8.com/11658/journals/1423078). I cited a NYTimes article reporting a success case to increase the number of women in the Computer Science major at Harvey Mudd College. I found a Google Techtalk video about the case.
Women in Computer Science @ Harvey Mudd College: Three Promising Practices
Also here is a paper:
Women in CS: An Evaluation of Three Promising Practices
http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~alvarado/papers/fp068-alvarado.pdf
They implemented three practices.
(1) providing a new introduction to Computer Science course which gives a broader view of CS rather than just programming.
(2) offering a trip to Grace Hopper Celebration (http://gracehopper.org/) for first year students
(3) providing summer research opportunities for women after their first year
As a result the percentages of women who enroll the Computer Science major increased by about three times.
When I found the above video, YouTube suggested me the following video. It is also interesting.
Girls in a Tech World: Endless Possibilities of Computer Science
I respect computer geeks and hacker culture. However stereotyping people in the CS field as geeks are problematic. It hinders for women to join the field. It deprives opportunities from women. I think that promotions like this video are very important to overcome the stereotype.
Women in Computer Science @ Harvey Mudd College: Three Promising Practices
Also here is a paper:
Women in CS: An Evaluation of Three Promising Practices
http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~alvarado/papers/fp068-alvarado.pdf
They implemented three practices.
(1) providing a new introduction to Computer Science course which gives a broader view of CS rather than just programming.
(2) offering a trip to Grace Hopper Celebration (http://gracehopper.org/) for first year students
(3) providing summer research opportunities for women after their first year
As a result the percentages of women who enroll the Computer Science major increased by about three times.
When I found the above video, YouTube suggested me the following video. It is also interesting.
Girls in a Tech World: Endless Possibilities of Computer Science
I respect computer geeks and hacker culture. However stereotyping people in the CS field as geeks are problematic. It hinders for women to join the field. It deprives opportunities from women. I think that promotions like this video are very important to overcome the stereotype.
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The day before yesterday I wrote an entry about women in computing (http://lang-8.com/11658/journals/1423078). I cited a NY Times article reporting a success case to how Harvey Mudd College successfully increased the number of women in taking the Computer Science major at Harvey Mudd College.
(2) offering a trip to the Grace Hopper Celebration (http://gracehopper.org/) for first year students
As a result the percentages of women who enrolled in the Computer Science major increased by about three times threefold.
When I found the above video, YouTube suggested me the following video to me.
However stereotyping people in the CS field as geeks are is problematic.
It hinders for women to from joining the field.
Now everyone use computers and IT systems. They are not just for male geeks. The CS fields needs more women.
According to the video, the course consists of following modules. Each module takes 3 weeks (6 lectures).
(1) functional programming
(2) hardware
(3) imperative programming
(4) object oriented programming
(5) theory of computing (uncomputability etc.)
They use Python and an assembly language. I think the course includes enough programming topics for first year students.
Moreover, the students choose their major after this course. Students who will not choose the CS major also take this course. I think the amount of programming topics is adequate as a course for all students.