Why so few African American and Latino/a students study computer
science: updated edition of a book that reveals the dynamics of
inequality in American schools. The number of African Americans and
Latino/as receiving undergraduate and advanced degrees in computer
science is disproportionately low. And relatively few African American
and Latino/a high school students receive the kind of institutional
encouragement, educational opportunities, and preparation needed for
them to choose computer science as a field of study and profession. In
Stuck in the Shallow End, Jane Margolis and coauthors look at the
daily experiences of students and teachers in three Los Angeles public
high schools: an overcrowded urban high school, a math and science
magnet school, and a well-funded school in an affluent neighborhood.
They find an insidious “virtual segregation” that maintains
inequality. The race gap in computer science, Margolis discovers, is
one example of the way students of color are denied a wide range of
occupational and educational futures. Stuck in the Shallow End is a
story of how inequality is reproduced in America—and how students
and teachers, given the necessary tools, can change the system. Since
the 2008 publication of Stuck in the Shallow End, the book has found
an eager audience among teachers, school administrators, and
academics. This updated edition offers a new preface detailing the
progress in making computer science accessible to all, a new
postscript, and discussion questions (coauthored by Jane Margolis and
Joanna Goode).
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Education, Race, and Computing
Product details
ISBN
9780262340182
Published
2020
Publisher
Random House Publishing Services
Language
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Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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