ERIC Number: EJ1244526
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 22
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Women in Coding Boot Camps: An Alternative Pathway to Computing Jobs
Lyon, Louise Ann; Green, Emily
Computer Science Education, v30 n1 p102-123 2020
Background and Context: Non-traditional training grounds such as coding boot camps that attract a higher proportion of women are important sites for understanding how to broaden participation in computing. Objective: This work aims to help us better understand the women choosing boot camps and their pathways through these camps and into the computing workforce. Method: This paper reports on a longitudinal, qualitative study investigating female boot camp attendees. Findings: Findings show that women attending boot camps are career changers that develop an interest in software development too late to major in CS, discovering a post-college enjoyment of programming undertaken to support work goals at a current job or an aspirational job. Implications: Women at boot camps illustrate a missed opportunity to diversify postsecondary CS classrooms when not recruited early, not given interdisciplinary options, not exposed to enjoyable programming tasks, and not exposed to the array and number of job prospects.
Descriptors: Coding, Females, Nontraditional Education, Computer Science Education, Labor Force, Computer Software, Programming, Career Change, Longitudinal Studies, Occupational Aspiration, Job Training, Student Attitudes, Program Descriptions, Employment, Case Studies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Location: California
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1561717
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