Narratives on platform: stories for women in computer science

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-213

  Cozza, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

empowerment; gender; learning; mentoring; narratives; telementoring

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TELEMETERING;

EMPOWERMENT; TELEMENTORING;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 40249105872     PISSN: 15604624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2008.017376     Document Type: Article

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