HOW GENDER ISSUES CAN INFLUENCE STUDYING COMPUTER SCIENCE

Mirjana Ivanović, Zoran Putnik, Anja Šišarica, Zoran Budimac, Klaus Bothe

2009

Abstract

This paper presents a gender related research conducted at Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad; in order to explore the following points amongst female under-graduate students: (i) general success rate, (ii) professional confidence, interests and ambitions, (iii) level of satisfaction with the choice of studies, (iv) attitudes and beliefs towards the gender issue. The query resulted in indicative statistical data, providing basis for future work and discussion, as a contribution to narrowing of the gender gap within the field of Computer Science.

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Ivanović M., Putnik Z., Šišarica A., Budimac Z. and Bothe K. (2009). HOW GENDER ISSUES CAN INFLUENCE STUDYING COMPUTER SCIENCE . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8111-82-1, pages 222-227. DOI: 10.5220/0001972502220227


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@conference{csedu09,
author={Mirjana Ivanović and Zoran Putnik and Anja Šišarica and Zoran Budimac and Klaus Bothe},
title={HOW GENDER ISSUES CAN INFLUENCE STUDYING COMPUTER SCIENCE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2009},
pages={222-227},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001972502220227},
isbn={978-989-8111-82-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - HOW GENDER ISSUES CAN INFLUENCE STUDYING COMPUTER SCIENCE
SN - 978-989-8111-82-1
AU - Ivanović M.
AU - Putnik Z.
AU - Šišarica A.
AU - Budimac Z.
AU - Bothe K.
PY - 2009
SP - 222
EP - 227
DO - 10.5220/0001972502220227