Women into Computing: Selected Papers 1988–1990

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Women into Computing: The need for Positive Action Now....Pages 1-7
Beyond the Great Divide....Pages 8-13
Computing in Schools: the Same Old Story....Pages 14-19
Getting Women into Computing....Pages 20-21
Attracting Women Returners in Computing....Pages 22-28
Employer — Education Cooperation....Pages 29-32
Where Are the Girls Now?....Pages 33-44
Young Women and the Culture of Software Engineering....Pages 45-50
Expert Systems — A Women’s Perspective....Pages 51-55
Removed From Power....Pages 56-58
Why Do We Want To See More Women in Computing?....Pages 59-65
Machismo and the Hacker Mentality....Pages 66-71
Child Care Provision in Higher Education :- A Case Study....Pages 72-79
Opting Out Of Technology: A Study of Girls’ GCSE Choices....Pages 80-86
Action Research: Primary Schoolgirls and New Technology....Pages 87-95
IT Teaching in Schools — Gender Bias in the Secondary school....Pages 96-99
Girls and Computing — A Case Study....Pages 100-108
Observations of Attitudes to IT in Database Use in Schools....Pages 109-118
A Study of Computing Experiences of Female A-Level Maths Students....Pages 120-123
Profile of Glasgow “WiC” Girls....Pages 124-129
The Gender Gap in Secondary School Computer Use....Pages 130-144
School and Industry Links — An Example of Co-operation....Pages 145-151
Choice and Image: Gender and Computer Studies in Higher Education....Pages 152-160
Computer Attitudes, Interface Preference And Simple Task Performance....Pages 161-172
An Analysis of Attempts to Remember that Some Students are Female....Pages 173-187
Home-based Computing for Women Students....Pages 188-195
Making a Place for Women in Computing....Pages 196-200
Initiatives for Recruitment of Female Undergraduates....Pages 201-207
Industrial Placements: Women’s Experience....Pages 208-210
Does a Masculine Management Style Deter Women Applicants?....Pages 211-216
IT: Issues including Role Models and Routes to Promotion....Pages 217-220
Information Technology — Art or Science?....Pages 221-226
Women: The Hidden Users of Computers....Pages 227-232
Encouraging Women Returners into Computing Courses in Higher Education....Pages 233-239
Women Returners and Higher Education — Initiatives at Sunderland Polytechnic....Pages 240-243
Women Returners: New Initiatives and Experiences....Pages 244-249
SWIM: Scottish Women Returners study Information Technology Management....Pages 250-256
WISE UP: A New Course for Women Returners Run at Reading....Pages 257-263
Women Returners: Finding the Gaps....Pages 264-267
‘Managing With Computers’ at the Women and Work Programme....Pages 268-272
Why do Women Normally Re-enter the Work Force?....Pages 273-275
The Women into Information Technology (WIT) Campaign....Pages 276-285
Networking and the UK Federation of Business and Professional Women....Pages 286-293
Women’s Career Paths in Artificial Intelligence....Pages 294-300
Management: Practical Experiences in the UK and Canada....Pages 301-309
Grassroot Groups — Experiences in Horticultural Cultivation....Pages 310-316
Experiences of One Day Workshops for Schoolgirls....Pages 317-323
Getting Women into Computing: Strategies for Overcoming Prejudice....Pages 324-330
Girls into IT at Stockton Sixth Form College, Cleveland....Pages 331-333
Insight into Attitudes to Computing....Pages 334-337
Action Stations: Let’s Organise a Workshop for Schoolgirls!....Pages 338-344
No Previous Experience Necessary....Pages 345-351
Southampton WiC Workshops....Pages 352-358
The Edinburgh Women in Computing Workshops....Pages 359-366
Scenes from Europe....Pages 367-376
Women in Technology in the European Community....Pages 377-385
Gender Bias: The East-West Paradox....Pages 386-391
Paradox and Practice: Gender in Computing and Engineering in Easter Europe....Pages 392-400
Women into Computing: some experience from New Zealand....Pages 401-406
Back Matter....Pages 407-428