Rethinking the 'problem' of gender and IT schooling: Discourses in literature

Gender and Education

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-165

  Abbiss, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Academic discourse; Computer science education; Gender; Gender issues; Information science education; Information technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949185674     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250701805839     Document Type: Article

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