Stuck in the shallow end : education, race, and computing / Jane Margolis with Rachel Estrella ... [...
Stuck in the shallow end : education, race, and computing / Jane Margolis with Rachel Estrella ... [...
Stuck in the shallow end : education, race, and computing / Jane Margolis with Rachel Estrella ... [et al.].
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Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N004.071/5
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English
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xii, 201 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Shirley Malcom -- Introduction. The Myth of Technology as the "Great Equalizer" -- 1. An Unlikely Metaphor: The Color Line in Swimming and Computer Science -- 2. Technology Rich, But Curriculum Poor -- 3. Normalizing the Racial Divide in High School Computer Science -- 4. Claimed Spaces:...
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Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2008.
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Massachusetts
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2008.
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"The number of African Americans and Latino/as receiving undergraduate and advanced degrees in computer science is disproportionately low, according to recent surveys. And relatively few African American and Latino/a high school students receive the kind of institutional encouragement, educational opportunities, and preparation needed for them to c...
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Stuck in the shallow end : education, race, and computing / Jane Margolis with Rachel Estrella ... [et al.].
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N004.071/5
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74VMj2p4aBx3
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9780262135047 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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004.071
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991000966489702626
