Outreach programmes to attract girls into computing: how the best laid plans can sometimes fail

Computer Science Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 257-275

  Lang, Catherine ^a   Fisher, Julie ^b   Craig, Annemieke ^c   Forgasz, Helen ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

computing; gender; secondary education; teachers technical self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943453469     PISSN: 08993408     EISSN: 17445175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08993408.2015.1067008     Document Type: Article

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