Gender equality and ICT in the context of formal education: A systematic review

This article focuses on gender equality as one of the most relevant objectives of the educational system to alleviate gender violence and combat stereotypes. At the same time, ICTs have become a very important educational tool in a digital society like the one where we live. Around these two topics we conducted this research whose purpose is, from the scientific production of the last six years, to analyze the educational practices in formal contexts that deal with gender equality and ICTs (infant, primary, secondary and higher education). The research design is a systematic review, based on the PRISMA statement and the PICoS strategy, using the 2013-2019 search period. After a screening process of a total of 90 documents, 18 papers were found that cover both study topics (gender and ICTs). A content analysis supported by semantic networks was performed, using Atlas.ti v.8. Among the main results, we highlight that most of the good practices in the different educational levels are related to the use of web 2.0. and STEM competences. Finally, we recommend the design of proposals that work on gender through ICTs, with the 'smart classroom' as an interesting suggestion that is part of the emerging pedagogies

Age influence in gender stereotypes related to Internet use in young people

[EN]The existence of gender stereotypes in relation to the use of the Internet led to the need to carry out the present study, which approaches young people perception of the use of the Internet and technologies. Based on knowledge of the existence of gender stereotypes in relation to the use of the Internet, the objective of the study is to detect whether the age of young people, with some previous experience on the Internet, marks differences in relation to the use they make of the Internet; in other words, whether the use made of the world network and the existing stereotypes may or may not have some type of dependent relationship with the age of the subjects. The study was applied in a group of the University of Salamanca (Spain) during the academic year 2018/2019, after the previous realization of activities during four months of sensitization, under the European project WYRED (netWorked Youth Research for Empowerment in the Digital). The final sample was composed by 48 subjects. For this purpose, a questionnaire was applied with 40 final items, which collected different activities that can be carried out on the Internet in order to find out what trend of use they presented in relation to the Internet, in comparison to their age. The two groups consisted of 26 people aged 20 or younger, and 22 people aged 20 or older. By means of a descriptive analysis, and the application of normality tests and non-parametric tests, no dependent relationships were detected between the use of the Internet after carrying out the survey and the age group in which the subject belonged. For the future it would be of special interest to be able to repeat the study comparing the opinion and use of young people on the Interne

Percepción de los estereotipos de género asociados al uso de Internet en estudiantes de pedagogía

La existencia de estereotipos de género en Internet, y sobre la Sociedad Digital actual, señala la importancia de incidir en la sensibilización e investigación con el objetivo de reducir dicha visión estereotipada y con ello, fomentar el alcance de la representación equitativa y trato igualitario en Internet. Una pieza fundamental es conocer la percepción de la población juvenil, debido a su edad en aprendizaje, junto con el hecho de que la tecnología se ha convertido en un elemento cotidiano de su vida. Así, el estudio se focaliza en alumnos del Grado de Pedagogía de la Universidad de Salamanca, de la asignatura ‘Metodología de la Investigación Cualitativa’, como futuros agentes educadores y de cambio social, que deberán atender situaciones socioeducativas tales como la reproducción de los estereotipos y visiones sesgadas, así como plantear programaciones y acciones para minimizarlos. El alumnado participante participó voluntariamente en un cuestionario de opinión sobre los estereotipos de género que alberga Internet. Posteriormente, se llevó un contraste de hipótesis con dos grupos principales de edad, ≤20 años y >20 años, y de la investigación se concluyó que en el contexto citado no se detectó relación de dependencia sobre la opinión y el grupo de edad

Can Gender Pronouns in Interview Questions Work as Nudges?

Organizations that are historically male-dominated have struggled to attract and retain an equitable representation of women (Debs et al., 2021; Germain et al., 2012; Hall et al., 2018) Using the two systems processing model from Cognitive Psychology, this study assessed whether gender pronouns can function as environmental cues (“nudges”) to disrupt the patterns of mental models on biases and stereotypes. It was proposed that participants can be “nudged” to decrease the impact of gender stereotype biases in the interview process in male-dominated professions (e.g., Information Technology) such that pronouns used in the interview questions will interact with the interviewee’s gender. Results from 1056 participants (Male = 498, Female = 558) revealed that proposed interaction was not supported, indicating that female pronouns did not improve female participants’ selection performance, interviewee engagement and other outcomes, but main effects by gender and by pronoun condition were found to be significant. Across conditions, women scored higher on Situational Judgment Test, used more words in Situational Interviews, while men took a longer time to respond, reported a higher sense of belonging, a higher intent to pursue employment and higher perceived organizational support. Across genders, the “you” condition had a higher score on word count (WTS = 12.57, p \u3c .05) and intent to pursue employment (WTS = 7.1, p \u3c .05). This is indicative that using second person “you” in scenarios may help participants assume the perspective of the agent, thus transcending the problems that may come with third-person pronouns

Gender equality and ICT in the context of formal education: A systematic review

Este artículo centra su interés en la igualdad de género, como uno de los objetivos más relevantes del sistema educativo para paliar la violencia de género y combatir los estereotipos. Paralelamente, las TIC se han convertido en una herramienta educativa muy importante en una sociedad digital como la que vivimos. En torno a estos dos tópicos llevamos a cabo esta investigación cuyo propósito es, a partir de la producción científica de los últimos seis años, analizar las prácticas educativas en contextos formales que trabajen la igualdad de género y las TIC (educación infantil, primaria, secundaria y superior). El diseño de investigación es una revisión sistemática, sustentada en la declaración PRISMA y la estrategia PICoS y usando el periodo de búsqueda 2013-2019. Tras el proceso de filtrado de un total de 90 documentos, se han encontrado 18 trabajos que contemplan ambos tópicos de estudio (género y TIC). Se ha realizado un análisis de contenido apoyado en redes semánticas, usando para ello Atlas.ti v.8. Entre los principales resultados, destacamos que la mayoría de buenas prácticas en los diferentes niveles educativos se relacionan con la utilización de la web 2.0. y con las competencias STEM. Por último, se recomienda el diseño de propuestas que trabajen el género a través de las TIC, siendo la «smart classroom» una sugerencia de interés que forma parte de las pedagogías emergentesThis article focuses on gender equality as one of the most relevant objectives of the educational system to alleviate gender violence and combat stereotypes. At the same time, ICTs have become a very important educational tool in a digital society like the one where we live. Around these two topics we conducted this research whose purpose is, from the scientific production of the last six years, to analyze the educational practices in formal contexts that deal with gender equality and ICTs (infant, primary, secondary and higher education). The research design is a systematic review, based on the PRISMA statement and the PICoS strategy, using the 2013-2019 search period. After a screening process of a total of 90 documents, 18 papers were found that cover both study topics (gender and ICTs). A content analysis supported by semantic networks was performed, using Atlas.ti v.8. Among the main results, we highlight that most of the good practices in the different educational levels are related to the use of web 2.0. and STEM competences. Finally, we recommend the design of proposals that work on gender through ICTs, with the “smart classroom” as an interesting suggestion that is part of the emerging pedagogie

Google Summer of Code Gender Diversity: An analysis of the last 4 editions

This work presents a comprehensive research about the participationof men and women in the area of Information and CommunicationsTechnology (ICT) through data extracted from the last foureditions of Google Summer of Code (GSoC). The goal of this workis to find Association Rules between gender characteristics andcoding using the Apriori Algorithm. A total of 61 association ruleswere generated through the aforementioned algorithm, being 22 ofthem found only in the data set with the women, 24 found only withthe men, and 15 applicable to both sets. We can cite as one of themain findings of this work the fact that the representativeness ofwomen in GSoC is decreasing in the last few years. Despite this, therepresentativeness of women in GSoC is above average, accordingto what has been reported in other studies in the literature in whichwomen are underrepresented. When it comes to the most utilizedtechnologies, we have “Python", “Java", “C++", “C" and “JavaScript"in the top. Analyzing technologies, it’s possible to realize that themain utilized technologies for men and women are similar, but, ingeneral, men are more likely linked to programming languages.The most common project topics are: “Event Management", “Web",“Web Development", “Data Science" and “Cloud" in the top. Thiscan represent how diverse the project topics of the database are,but not necessarily has something related to gender

Κατηγοριοποίηση και περιληπτικές αποδόσεις εργασιών συνεδρίων της ACM SIGCSE

Η παρούσα εργασία αφορά στη μελέτη εργασιών οι οποίες παρουσιάστηκαν στο συνέδριο ACM SIGCSE τις χρονιές 2016, 2017 και 2018. Αρχικά, γίνεται μια κατηγοριοποίηση, με βάση τον κύριο τομέα της Εκπαίδευσης της Πληροφορικής τον οποίο αφορά η κάθε εργασία που παρουσιάστηκε στα προαναφερθέντα συνέδρια. Οι κατηγορίες στις οποίες κατατάχθηκαν τα άρθρα είναι οι εξής: • Αξιολόγηση σπουδαστών • Ασφάλεια και προστασία της ιδιωτικής ζωής • Διαδραστικά περιβάλλοντα μάθησης • Διαφορετικότητα των φύλων/ Πολυπολιτισμικότητα • Εκπαίδευση της Μηχανικής Λογισμικού • Εισαγωγή στην Πληροφορική • Εκπαίδευση της Πληροφορικής • Ενσωμάτωση Πληροφορίας • Ηλεκτρονική μάθηση • Οπτικοποίηση • Πρότυπα αναλυτικά προγράμματα • Πρωτοβάθμια και Δευτεροβάθμια Εκπαίδευση • Συνεργατική Μάθηση • Συστήματα διαχείρισης μάθησης • Υπολογιστική Σκέψη • Υπολογιστικός Αλφαβητισμός Στη συνέχεια, δίνονται περιληπτικές αποδόσεις των εργασιών της χρονιάς 2017 που εμπίπτουν στις παρακάτω επιλεγμένες κατηγορίες: • Αξιολόγηση φοιτητών/μαθητών • Εισαγωγή στην Πληροφορική • Εκπαίδευση της Πληροφορικής • Πρωτοβάθμια και Δευτεροβάθμια Εκπαίδευση • Συνεργατική Μάθηση • Υπολογιστική ΣκέψηThis thesis focuses on the study of papers presented at the ACM SIGCSE conference in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. Initially, a categorization is defined, based on the main areas of IT education that are included in the aforementioned conferences. The categories in which the articles were classified are: • Student evaluation • Security and Privacy • Interactive learning environments • Gender Diversity / Multiculturalism • Software engineering education • CS1 • Computer Science Education • Integration of Information • E-learning • Visualization • Model curricula • K-12 • Collaborative learning • Computational Thinking • Computing Literacy Afterwards, reviews of the papers of the year 2017 are presented concerning the following categories: • Student evaluation • CS1 • Computer Science Education • K-12 • Collaborative learning • Computational Thinkin