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To fix the tech gender gap, fix computer science education
- leowoo91 8y agoLittle less known fact: women are doing better in (computer) science simply because they follow the rules properly. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/09/why-girls-get-better-grades-than-boys-do/380318/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/09/why-gi...
- Kazooie_Bird 8y agoThe 2014 article you provided hints absolutely nothing about computer science. Do you have any other resources?
- leowoo91 8y agoClosest I've got: https://hackernoon.com/a-brief-history-of-women-in-computing-e7253ac24306 https://hackernoon.com/a-brief-history-of-women-in-computing...
- Kazooie_Bird 8y agothanks
- Kazooie_Bird 8y agoI'm tired of articles that throw out claims such as: "With computer science, however, failing repeatedly is core to finding and solving problems in the code. If that is paired with unclear instruction and learning materials, female students are more likely to start believing that they are bad at computer science, when really their environment is the problem." and conclude with: "Our failure to teach computer science properly is a far-reaching problem with disastrous consequences — both for women and the workplace." Why do authors of articles of this theme fail to present a proper solution, aside from stating complaints based on subjective observations?
- Nomentatus 8y agoWhy do you? Why do I? 'cause we don't have a highly effective solution yet; I'm happy to see a clearer description of the problem.