E45
The Big, Big Computer Science Gender Gap
From This Week with EdSurge · Hosted by Ira Apfel
Episode summary
In this episode of This Week with EdSurge: Girls are underrepresented in computer science education and professions. According to the National Science Board’s “Science and Engineering Indicators for 2012,” women make up only 26% of Computer Science and Mathematical Science professionals in the United States. Believing that number begins with computer science education, we dove deep into the challenges girls face when learning and teaching computer science this week.
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Girls are underrepresented in computer science education and professions. According to the National Science Board’s “Science and Engineering Indicators for 2012,” women make up only 26% of Computer Science and Mathematical Science professionals in the United States. Believing that number begins with computer science education, we dove deep into the challenges girls face when learning and teaching computer science this week.