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Description :
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.
Content :
Table of Contents
Foreword ............................................................................................ vi
Preface ................................................................................................ x
Chapter I
Dimensions of Diversity in the IT Classroom Onground and Online .. 1
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
John R. Dakers, University of Glasgow, UK
Chapter III
Bridging the Digital Divide: A Feminist Perspective on the Project . 38
Mary Kirk, Metropolitan State University, USA
Chapter IV
Gender and Programming: Mixing the Abstract and the Concrete .. 68
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
Russell Stockard, California Lutheran University, USA
Ali Akbari, California Lutheran University, USA
Jamshid Damooei, California Lutheran University, USA
Chapter VI
Under-Representation of African American Women Pursuing
Higher-Level Degrees in the Computer Science Technology Fields ... 129
Alfreda Dudley-Sponaugle, Towson University, USA
Chapter VII
Working with Students in Math, Technology, and Sciences for
Better Success: One Faculty Member
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s Experience ...................... 141
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
Virginia Johnson Anderson, Towson University, USA
Chapter IX
The Open Ended Group Project: A Way of Including Diversity
in the IT Curriculum ........................................................................ 166
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
Samuel G. Collins, Towson University, USA
Goran P. Trajkovski, Towson University, USA
Chapter XI
Adaptive Technology in a Computing Curriculum ........................... 242
Blaise W. Liffick, Millersville University, USA
Chapter XII
Tessellations: A Tool for Diversity Infusions in the Curriculum .... 262
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
Goran P. Trajkovski, Towson University, USA
About the Authors ........................................................................... 310
Index ............................................................................................... 317
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