Diversity in Information Technology Education: Issues and Controversies

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Pub. Date: 2006-01-30
Publisher(s): Idea Group Pub
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Summary

Diversity in Information Technology Education: Issues and Controversies sheds light on the status of diversity in the field of IT education. It identifies a wide range of problems that educators face on a daily basis, and gives practical, applicable solutions, mainly by showcasing successful and replicable examples. The chapters in Diversity in Information Technology Education: Issues and Controversies present research and introspection on race, gender, national origin, disability and other diversity categories. The examples, success stories from retention efforts, and strategies in assessment that account for diversity, and all supplement the topics with practical examples. If an instructor is planning on infusing diversity topics into the curriculum, this book contains pertinent information on how to identify problems and face issues.

Table of Contents

Foreword vi
Preface x
Chapter I Dimensions of Diversity in the IT Classroom Onground and Online 1(14)
Madhumita Bhattacharya, Massey University, New Zealand
Lone Jorgensen, Massey University, New Zealand
Chapter II Dialectic Argumentation for Promoting Dialogue in IT Education: An Epistemological Framework for Considering the Social Impacts of IT 15(23)
John R. Dakers, University of Glasgow, UK
Chapter III Bridging the Digital Divide: A Feminist Perspective on the Project 38(30)
Mary Kirk, Metropolitan State University, USA
Chapter IV Gender and Programming: Mixing the Abstract and the Concrete 68(24)
Peter McKenna, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Chapter V Dimensions of Sustainable Diversity in IT: Applications to the IT College Major and Career Aspirations Among Underrepresented High School Students of Color 92(37)
Russell Stockard, California Lutheran University, USA
Ali Akbari, California Lutheran University, USA
Jamshid Damooei, California Lutheran University, USA
Chapter VI Under-Representation ofAfrican American Women Pursuing Higher-Level Degrees in the Computer Science Technology Fields 129(12)
Alfreda Dudley-Sponaugle, Towson University, USA
Chapter VII Working with Students in Math, Technology, and Sciences for Better Success: One Faculty Member's Experience 141(12)
Shirish Shah, Towson University, USA
Tracy Miller, Towson University, USA
Chapter VIII Assessing Diversity Issues in Instructional Technology: Strategies that Enhance Student Learning and Generate Outcomes Assessment Data 153(13)
Virginia Johnson Anderson, Towson University, USA
Chapter IX The Open Ended Group Project: A Way of Including Diversity in the IT Curriculum 166(30)
Xristine Faulkner, London South Bank University, UK
Mats Daniels, Uppsala University, Sweden
Ian Newman, Loughborough University, UK
Chapter X Attack of the Rainbow Bots: Generating Diversity through Multi-Agent Systems 196(46)
Samuel G. Collins, Towson University, USA
Goran P. Trajkovski, Towson University, USA
Chapter XI Adaptive Technology in a Computing Curriculum 242(20)
Blaise W. Liffick, Millersville University, USA
Chapter XII Tessellations: A Tool for Diversity Infusions in the Curriculum 262(18)
Reza Sarhangi, Towson University, USA
Gabriele Meiselwitz, Towson University, USA
Goran P. Trajkovski, Towson University, USA
Chapter XIII Training Faculty for Diversity Infusion in the IT Curriculum 280(30)
Goran P. Trajkovski, Towson University, USA
About the Authors 310(7)
Index 317

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