Geeks, girls and IT courses: Patterns of participation

Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Informatics Education Research

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 373-384

  McKay, Judy ^a   Lewis, Sue ^a   Lang, Catherine ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender in IT; Higher education; ICT education

Indexed keywords

FEMALE STUDENTS; GENDER IN IT; HIGHER EDUCATION; ICT EDUCATION; IT COURSE; PROBLEMATIC ISSUES; RECENT TRENDS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; RESEARCH;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84865700017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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