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Contributions: The underrepresentation of women in computer science (CS) majors has long been a focus of attention in many academic documents, the majority of them from t...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Contributions: The underrepresentation of women in computer science (CS) majors has long been a focus of attention in many academic documents, the majority of them from the United States and Europe. There is, however, a lack of information about educational interventions (EIs) for women in computing in Latin America. The contribution of this article is to cover this gap and describe what researchers in Latin American countries have been publishing about the recruitment and retention of women in the CS field. Background: Many EIs targeting female students at different educational levels—K-12, undergraduate, and graduate—have been undertaken to increase the participation of women in computing in Latin America. However, descriptions of these activities rarely are included in international academic databases. Research Questions: This literature mapping addresses two main research questions (RQ) about the topic of women in computing in academic publications in Latin American countries: RQ1) what are the characteristics of the publications about women in computing in Latin America? and RQ2) what are the published interventions to recruit and retain women in computing in Latin America? To answer RQ1, six subquestions were created covering year, language, country of origin, document type, and professional track. Furthermore, for RQ2, two subquestions were created involving educational level and the use of software development with a female theme. Methodology: This investigation used the systematic literature mapping process. To achieve a broad coverage of papers, the following sources were included: Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, EBSCO, the proceedings of the Latin American Women in Computing Conference (LAWCC), and those of the Women in Technology (WIT) workshop colocated with the annual conference of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). The included papers were published in the last decade (2010–2020) and written in English, Portuguese, or Spanish. Findings: The...
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Education ( Volume: 65, Issue: 3, August 2022)
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- IEEE Keywords
- Index Terms
- Computer Science ,
- American Women ,
- Systematic Mapping ,
- Latin American Women ,
- Systematic Literature Mapping ,
- Education Level ,
- Higher Education ,
- Web Of Science ,
- Latin America ,
- Country Of Origin ,
- Educational Interventions ,
- Female Students ,
- Software Development ,
- Latin American Countries ,
- Participation Of Women ,
- Type Of Paper ,
- Academic Databases ,
- Publication Characteristics ,
- Science Majors ,
- Female Graduates ,
- Engineering Education ,
- Number Of Papers ,
- Female Professionals ,
- Search String ,
- Female Undergraduate Students ,
- Educational Activities ,
- American Girls ,
- Countries In Latin America ,
- Educational Initiatives
- Author Keywords
Keywords assist with retrieval of results and provide a means to discovering other relevant content. Learn more.
- IEEE Keywords
- Index Terms
- Computer Science ,
- American Women ,
- Systematic Mapping ,
- Latin American Women ,
- Systematic Literature Mapping ,
- Education Level ,
- Higher Education ,
- Web Of Science ,
- Latin America ,
- Country Of Origin ,
- Educational Interventions ,
- Female Students ,
- Software Development ,
- Latin American Countries ,
- Participation Of Women ,
- Type Of Paper ,
- Academic Databases ,
- Publication Characteristics ,
- Science Majors ,
- Female Graduates ,
- Engineering Education ,
- Number Of Papers ,
- Female Professionals ,
- Search String ,
- Female Undergraduate Students ,
- Educational Activities ,
- American Girls ,
- Countries In Latin America ,
- Educational Initiatives
- Author Keywords