Social factors influence on career choices for female computer science students
The low and shrinking numbers of female students studying computer science is a well-known problem in most of the western countries. The dominant perception about computer science field considered it as a masculine domain. In contrast, this study was performed in the IT department where female stude...
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| description | The low and shrinking numbers of female students studying computer science is a well-known problem in most of the western countries. The dominant perception about computer science field considered it as a masculine domain. In contrast, this study was performed in the IT department where female students are dominant compared to male students. The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of different factors on female students in choosing a career in the IT field. A survey was deployed to collect responses of female students in the IT department. The results show that female students are interested in computer science stream and nullify the dominant perception of computer science as a masculine domain. They want to learn technology, become an active member of the digital native world, and interested in coding literacy. |
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| spelling | ump-335052022-03-14T04:01:42Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33505/ Social factors influence on career choices for female computer science students Malik, Sohail Iqbal Al-Emran, Mostafa QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science QA76 Computer software The low and shrinking numbers of female students studying computer science is a well-known problem in most of the western countries. The dominant perception about computer science field considered it as a masculine domain. In contrast, this study was performed in the IT department where female students are dominant compared to male students. The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of different factors on female students in choosing a career in the IT field. A survey was deployed to collect responses of female students in the IT department. The results show that female students are interested in computer science stream and nullify the dominant perception of computer science as a masculine domain. They want to learn technology, become an active member of the digital native world, and interested in coding literacy. IJET 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33505/1/Social%20factors%20influence%20on%20career%20choices%20for%20female%20computer%20science%20students.pdf Malik, Sohail Iqbal and Al-Emran, Mostafa (2018) Social factors influence on career choices for female computer science students. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 13 (5). pp. 56-70. ISSN 1863-0383. (Published) https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v13i05.8231 https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v13i05.8231 |
| spellingShingle | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science QA76 Computer software Malik, Sohail Iqbal Al-Emran, Mostafa Social factors influence on career choices for female computer science students |
| title | Social factors influence on career choices for female computer science students |
| title_full | Social factors influence on career choices for female computer science students |
| title_fullStr | Social factors influence on career choices for female computer science students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social factors influence on career choices for female computer science students |
| title_short | Social factors influence on career choices for female computer science students |
| title_sort | social factors influence on career choices for female computer science students |
| topic | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science QA76 Computer software |
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