Retaining Women in Undergraduate Information Technology Programs

2011 ◽  
pp. 1081-1086
Author(s):  
Tona Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
First Year ◽  
Research Association ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
Undergraduate Programs ◽  
Experiences Of Women

While the experiences of women in computer science (CS) are well documented (Cohoon, 2001, 2002; Computing Research Association, 2002; Margolis & Fisher, 2001), information technology is a relatively new discipline (Denning, 2001; Mitchell, 2002) and does not enjoy the same level or scope of inquiry. This study focuses on women in undergraduate IT programs and attempts to identify the factors involved in the attrition of women from these programs. In Phase 1 of this study, all freshman IT and CS women as well as a random sample of IT men at an eastern university (15,000 students) were interviewed and asked about their experiences in the IT program. These interviews were qualitatively analyzed, and the results are currently being used to develop a national survey of women in undergraduate IT programs. The primary research question of this study is, What factors are most influential in the decision of female students in IT undergraduate programs to enter these programs, and, where applicable, what factors most influence their decision to leave the programs during their first year of study?

Keselarasan Personaliti dengan Pemilihan Program Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat

2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azura Ishak ◽  
Masura Rahmat ◽  
Shahrina Shahrani ◽  
Noor Faridatul Ainun Zainal ◽  
Rohizah Abd Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Information Science ◽  
First Year ◽  
Directed Search ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Program Selection ◽  
Personality Pattern ◽  
Personality Patterns

This study discusses personality patterns of the students from computer science and information technology programs, personality congruence level in determining the selection of computer science and information technology’s program, factors of program selections in computer science and information technology and correlations between those factors and personality congruence level. The participants were 154 of first year students from 2012/2013 batch from Faculty of Information Science and Technology (FTSM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). The instrument used for this research is a set of online questionnaire (Self-Directed Search (SDS) – Form Easily, a translated version from Amla, (1984) and factor of program selections (Norlia Melawi, 2000). Iachan Congruence Index has been used to measure personality congruence degree. The results demonstrate that student personality pattern, SKI produces low congruence degree, meaning that the factors of program selection are weak, thus not reflecting the present program student had assigned with (what they get). However, program selections are done based on their own preferences and interests, also influenced by other factors such as environment, rewards and family. Despite that, all the factors are not related with their congruence personality degree. 

Using information technology to integrate social and ethical issues into the computer science and information systems curriculum

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary J. Granger ◽  
Elizabeth S. Adams ◽  
Christina Björkman ◽  
Don Gotterbarn ◽  
Diana D. Juettner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Social And Ethical Issues ◽  
Information Systems Curriculum

scholarly journals A process for the development of a psychosocial educational programme to facilitate the reintegration of incarcerated women who had dumped babies and / or committed infanticide in Namibia

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Ndempavali Sumpi ◽  
Hans Justus Amukugo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Correctional Facility ◽  
Incarcerated Women ◽  
Educational Programme ◽  
Situational Analysis ◽  
Phase 3 ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Analysis Phase ◽  
Experiences Of Women

The aim of this paper is to describe the steps/process used to develop a psychosocial educational programme to facilitate the reintegration of incarcerated women who had dumped babies and / or committed infanticide in Namibia. This process was done in four phases namely Phase 1, was carried out to explore and describe the lived experiences of women who had dumped and / or committed infanticide. The researcher used in-depth unstructured individual interviews for data collection and data was analysed by using Tech’s method of qualitative data analysis. Phase 2, focuses on the conceptualisation framework guided the development of a psychosocial educational programme that facilitated the reintegration process of women who had dumped and / or committed infanticide. The educational programme included the activities suggested in the survey list of Dickoff et al. (1968); namely, agent, recipient, context, dynamics, procedures, and terminus. Phase 3, focused on the development of a psychosocial educational programme to facilitate the reintegration process of women who had dumped their babies and / or committed infanticide. The survey list of Dickoff et al. (1968) was adopted as a reasoning map in the construction of the development of a psychosocial educational programme, as well as the findings of the situational analysis of this study. And Phase 4, focused on the implementation and evaluation of the psychosocial educational programme that was developed to facilitate the reintegration of incarcerated women who had dumped babies and / or committed infanticide. A three-day training workshop was held at the Oluno Correctional Facility to conduct the educational programme. The educational programme was evaluated in order to validate whether the programme interventions were likely to bring about the desired change among the participants.A process for the development of a psychosocial educational programme to facilitate the reintegration of incarcerated women who had dumped babies and / or committed infanticide in Namibia

Infant Feeding and Infectious Disease

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 806-807
Author(s):  
CHRIS MULFORD
Keyword(s):  
Infant Feeding ◽  
Research Question ◽  
First Year ◽  
Detailed Data ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Substantial Investment ◽  
Infectious Illness ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
First Year Of Life

To the Editor.— I read with interest the article "Relationship Between Infant Feeding and Infectious Illness: A Prospective Study of Infants During the First Year of Life" by Rubin et al in the April issue.1 Two things puzzle me. The first is that, despite the authors' stated goal of paying close attention to methodology, their definition of breast-feeding fails to meet the standards set forth by most experts on lactation. The second is that, given their substantial investment of time and money in obtaining detailed data on 500 babies for a full year, the authors chose to ask their particular research question.

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