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Androcentric Norms and Computer Science Prepared for WS445 – Spring 2010 St. Cloud State University by the “cronegeek”
Stats - Why Source: NCWIT “By the Numbers” 2009
Could it be Androcentric Norms? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Androcentric Norms - Examples ,[object Object],[object Object]
Educational Software in K-12 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Educational Software  Androcentric Bias Harms Girls ,[object Object],Mean Stress Levels Reported When Learning Division Source :  Cooper & Weaver Demolition Division Arithmetic Classroom Girls 77 14 Boys 56 28
Computer Science Majors – Why More Men than Women? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: NCWIT Fact Sheet
Why Women Turned Off  Toys vs Tools ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source:  Margolis, “Caring About Connections”
Are Programming Skills Taught in a Gender Neutral Fashion? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source :  Cooper & Weaver
Reforming CS Major ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source:  Margolis, “Anatomy of Interest”
Restructuring the Curriculum ,[object Object],[object Object],Source:  Margolis, “Caring About Connections” Make curriculum less androcentric,  more inclusive of both genders.
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Androcentric Bias Computers

  • 1. Androcentric Norms and Computer Science Prepared for WS445 – Spring 2010 St. Cloud State University by the “cronegeek”
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Editor's Notes

  1. Source: NCWIT - National Center for Women & Information Technology. “By the Numbers.” 2009. Retrieved 3/31/10 from http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/BytheNumbers09.pdf
  2. Source; NCWIT - National Center for Women & Information Technology, Fact Sheet, (no date) . Retrieved 3/31/10 from http://www.ncwit.org/about.factsheet.html Additional stats, comparing women in math & other science fields to computer science at http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/BytheNumbers09.pdf
  3. Source: for entering CS Majors at Carnegie Mellon Margolis, Jane, Allan Fisher, and Faye Miller. “The Anatomy of Interest: Women in Undergraduate Computer Science.” Women’s Studies Quarterly , 2000: 1&2, 104-127.
  4. Source:: Margolis, Jane, Allan Fisher, and Faye Miller. “Caring About Connections: Gender and Computing.” Retrieved 1/26/06 from http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~gendergap/papers/IEEE99.html (Also published in Technology and Society 2000)