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Stuck in the Shallow End : Education, Race, and Computing.
Title:
Stuck in the Shallow End : Education, Race, and Computing.
Author:
Margolis, Jane.
ISBN:
9780262279109
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (216 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 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: "Preparatory Privilege" and High School Computer Science -- 5 Teachers as Potential Change Agents: Balancing Equity Reform and Systemic Change -- 6 Technology Policy Illusions -- Conclusion: "The Best and the Brightest"? -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Methodology: Process and Reflections -- Notes -- References -- About the Authors -- Index.
Abstract:
An investigation into why so few African American and Latino high school students are studying computer science reveals the dynamics of inequality in American schools.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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