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Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing
Jane Margolis
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Description for Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JNU; UB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Why so few African American and Latino/a students study computer science: updated edition of a book that reveals the dynamics of inequality in American schools. The number of African Americans and Latino/as receiving undergraduate and advanced degrees in computer science is disproportionately low. And relatively few African American and Latino/a high school students receive the kind of institutional encouragement, educational opportunities, and preparation needed for them to choose computer science as a field of study and profession. In Stuck in the Shallow End, Jane Margolis and coauthors look at the daily experiences of students and teachers in ... Read more
Why so few African American and Latino/a students study computer science: updated edition of a book that reveals the dynamics of inequality in American schools. The number of African Americans and Latino/as receiving undergraduate and advanced degrees in computer science is disproportionately low. And relatively few African American and Latino/a high school students receive the kind of institutional encouragement, educational opportunities, and preparation needed for them to choose computer science as a field of study and profession. In Stuck in the Shallow End, Jane Margolis and coauthors look at the daily experiences of students and teachers in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262533461
SKU
V9780262533461
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99-15
About Jane Margolis
Jane Margolis is a Senior Researcher at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the coauthor of Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing (MIT Press). She was a 2016 White House Champion of Change for her work addressing underrepresentation of students of color and women in computer science. Joanna Goode is a Professor of Education at the ... Read more
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