Participation in Computing : The National Science Foundation's Expansionary Programs (History of Computing)

Aspray, William

Springer International Publishing AG（2018/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 200 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783319796857

Full Description

This book provides a history of the efforts of the US National Science Foundation to broaden participation in computing. The book briefly discusses the early history of the NSF's involvement with education and workforce issues. It then turns to two programs outside the computing directorate (the ADVANCE program and the Program on Women and Girls) that set the stage for three programs in the NSF computing directorate on broadening participation: the IT Workforce Program, the Broadening Participation in Computing program, and the Computing Education for the 21st Century program. The work looks at NSF-funded research and NSF-funded interventions both to increase the number of women, underrepresented minorities (African Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians) and people with disabilities, and to increase the number of public schools offering rigorous instruction in computing. Other organizations such as the ACM, the Computer Science Teachers Association, and Code.org are also covered.The years covered are primarily 1980 to the present.

Contents

Introduction.- Opening Computing Careers to
Underrepresented Groups.- The Broadening Participation in Computing
Alliances.- Recent Efforts to Broaden Formal Computer
Science Education at the K-12 Level.- Recent Efforts to Broaden Informal Computer
Science Education.- Conclusions.- Appendix: CISE-Supported Projects
Targeted at Women in IT.