Title :
Focusing high school teachers on attracting diverse students to computer science and engineering
Author :
Cohoon, James ; Cohoon, Joanne M. ; Soffa, Mary Lou
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
An effective workshop has been developed for promoting a positive impact on high school teachers´ recruitment of students, particularly women and minority students, into their CS classes. All past workshop attendees indicate they now are actively try to recruit girls and minority students into their computing classes and are successful in doing so.
Keywords :
computer science education; engineering education; further education; gender issues; computer science; computer science college; computing class; engineering; high school teacher; minority students; student recruitment; women students; Computer science; Computer science education; Computers; Conferences; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; CS education; Diversity; High school computing curriculum; Workshop organization;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2011
Conference_Location :
Rapid City, SD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-468-8
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2011.6143054
