Unlocking the Clubhouse - BookWyrm.World

Hardcover, 180 pages

English language

Published by The MIT Press.

ISBN:: 978-0-262-13398-2
OCLC Number:: 52289348

(1 review)

"The information technology revolution is transforming almost every aspect of society, but girls and women are largely out of the loop. Although women surf the Web in equal numbers to men and make the majority of online purchases, few are involved in the design and creation of new technology. It is mostly men whose perspectives and priorities inform the development of computing innovations and who reap the lion's share of the financial rewards.

As only a small fraction of high school and college computer science students are female, the field is likely to remain a "male clubhouse," absent major changes.".

"In Unlocking the Clubhouse, social scientist Jane Margolis and computer scientist and educator Allan Fisher examine the many influences contributing to the gender gap in computing. The book is based on interviews with more than 100 computer science students of both sexes from Carnegie Mellon University, a major center of …

"The information technology revolution is transforming almost every aspect of society, but girls and women are largely out of the loop. Although women surf the Web in equal numbers to men and make the majority of online purchases, few are involved in the design and creation of new technology. It is mostly men whose perspectives and priorities inform the development of computing innovations and who reap the lion's share of the financial rewards.

As only a small fraction of high school and college computer science students are female, the field is likely to remain a "male clubhouse," absent major changes.".

"In Unlocking the Clubhouse, social scientist Jane Margolis and computer scientist and educator Allan Fisher examine the many influences contributing to the gender gap in computing. The book is based on interviews with more than 100 computer science students of both sexes from Carnegie Mellon University, a major center of computer science research, over a period of four years, as well as classroom observations and conversations with hundreds of college and high school faculty."--BOOK JACKET.

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coral reviewed Unlocking the Clubhouse by Jane Margolis

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4 stars

I owe this book a real review, but for now, let's leave it at this: everyone working in programming and computer science should probably read this.

While the discussion of the attributes of women in technology is [necessarily] rather broad (and made me feel a little bit antisocial, in comparison), the characterization of our experiences is accurate. In my mind the description of the crippling doubt that women face, even when we are successful, is the crux of the book.

If this research had been done 5-10 years earlier, perhaps I would have majored in Computer Science, instead of minoring. Ah well.

Subjects

General Theory of Computing
Women's studies
Computer Science (General)
Employment Of Women
Social Science
Sociology
Gender Studies
Social Aspects - General
Women's Studies - General
Social Science / Gender Studies
Labor
Computer Science
Vocational guidance
Women in computer science