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Description for Women into Computing
Paperback. A publication gathering together papers from the Women into Computing (WiC) Conferences (1988-1990). They cover a variety of issues to do with encouraging girls' perceptions of technology and how to increase their potential for gaining fulfilling work in computers in a skills shortage. Series: Workshops in Computing. Num Pages: 428 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 51 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNR; U. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 767.
This book contains the majority of the papers presented at the 1990 Women into Computing Conference, together with selected papers from the 1989 and 1988 Conferences. In 1988, the main theme running through the Conference was that of dismay at the low number of women taking computing courses or following computing careers. The 1989 Conference was concerned solely with workshops for schoolgirls and the 1990 Conference concentrated on strategies rather than an assessment of the situation. As editors, we set as our task to make a selection of papers presenting the overall picture in 1990. We found that many of ... Read more
This book contains the majority of the papers presented at the 1990 Women into Computing Conference, together with selected papers from the 1989 and 1988 Conferences. In 1988, the main theme running through the Conference was that of dismay at the low number of women taking computing courses or following computing careers. The 1989 Conference was concerned solely with workshops for schoolgirls and the 1990 Conference concentrated on strategies rather than an assessment of the situation. As editors, we set as our task to make a selection of papers presenting the overall picture in 1990. We found that many of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
Series
Workshops in Computing
Number of Pages
428
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540196488
SKU
V9783540196488
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
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