Comments on: Gender balance in computing: current research https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/gender-balance-in-computing-current-research/ Teach, learn and make with Raspberry Pi Sun, 19 Sep 2021 16:05:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: Harry Hardjono https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/gender-balance-in-computing-current-research/#comment-1542197 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 18:55:47 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=61822#comment-1542197 A lot of emphasis is on recruiting girls onto computing. I don’t think that is the most important thing. I think a much more important thing to consider is retaining the girls already in the program. How many girls got excited to get in, only to leave in frustration within a year?
Getting in is one thing. Staying in is another. If we can retain the majority of girls who are already in the program, that is a good thing.

Regarding the subjects, there’s a lot of emphasis on tools and techniques, not enough on end products that people actually use. I think this can be better. Much better.

]]> By: David North https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/gender-balance-in-computing-current-research/#comment-1534822 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 01:26:19 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=61822#comment-1534822 What subject are girls studying rather than computing?
On the other side of that If more boys are study in computing is there a subject where the gender balance is the other way around?

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