Lost in Translation: Gender and High School Computer Science
Lost in Translation: Gender and High School Computer Science
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迷失在翻译中：性别与高中计算机科学
DOI：
10.7551/mitpress/9780262033459.003.0003
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发表时间：
2006
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通讯作者：
Jane Margolis
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作者：
J. Goode;Rachel Estrella;Jane Margolis
卡罗莱纳是东河高中计算机编程课程的六名女性之一，东河高中是一所以拉丁裔为主的高中，位于洛杉矶东部的一个低收入社区。她是她的荣誉几何班的优等生之一，有着很强的学术成就，特别是在数学和科学方面。卡罗莱纳和其他同样优秀的数学女学生一起被一位好心而忠诚的数学老师录取。这位老师被派去教编程，并渴望在男生占主导地位的课堂上增加女生的入学人数。随着课程的发展，这位边开课程边自学编程的老师决定利用知识更丰富的学生，将“专家”与“新手”配对。除了两个例外，这些配对包括一个年长的，更精通技术的男性——“大哥”——和一个年轻的，没有经验的女性。尽管女生在高水平数学课上的地位很高，但学生们很快就陷入了“传统”角色，女生承担了更多的“秘书”任务。卡罗莱纳觉得这种安排很令人沮丧，她说：我们（女孩们）称他们为“大哥”....我会打字，他（搭档）会思考——我们会一起思考，但他想成为那个有最多想法的人……我并不总是能理解这些想法。有时候我只是随波逐流。与此同时，在城市另一端洛杉矶富裕的西区一所学校里，峡谷高中（Canyon High）的菲律宾裔高年级学生格蕾丝（Grace）是AP计算机科学课程（APCS）中唯一的女性。与其他在第一学期后退学的女学生不同，格蕾丝决定“坚持到底”，因为，正如她所说，她“不是一个放弃的人”。此外，Grace对技术非常感兴趣，并计划主修计算机工程。格蕾丝因为对手机技术的兴趣而迷上了电脑。在菲律宾，有许多家庭手工业专注于使手机更有趣，独特和“时髦”，这对格蕾丝来说是迷人的，激起了她的好奇心，促使她追求计算机科学。此外，格蕾丝的父亲有电脑方面的工作经验，尤其是网页设计方面，格蕾丝认为这也影响了她对科技的兴趣。格蕾丝住在洛杉矶市中心，但她要长途跋涉去……
Prologue Carolina is one of six females taking the Computer Programming course at East River High School, a predominantly Latino/a high school located in a low-income neighborhood on the east side of Los Angeles. She is one of the top students in her Honors Geometry class and has a strong history of academic achievement, particularly in mathematics and science. Carolina was recruited, along with other similarly strong female mathematics students, by a well-meaning and committed mathematics teacher, who had been assigned to teach Programming and was eager to increase female enrollment in what had been a predominantly male classroom. As the course evolved, the teacher, who was teaching himself programming while running the course, decided to take advantage of the more knowledgeable students by pairing " experts " with " novices. " With two exceptions, these pairs included an older, more tech-savvy male—the " big brother " —and a younger, inexperienced female. Despite the girls' high standing in high level mathematics classes, the students quickly fell into " traditional " roles, with girls taking on more " secretarial " tasks. Carolina, who found this arrangement to be frustrating, states: We [the girls] called them " big brothers " ….I would type and he [partner] would like think about it—we would both think about it but he would like be the one with the most ideas…I was not always able to understand the ideas. Sometimes I just went along with it. Meanwhile, across town in a school on the more affluent west side of Los Angeles, Grace, a Pilipina senior at Canyon High, is the only female in her AP Computer Science course (APCS). Unlike the other female student who quit after the first semester, Grace decided to " stick it out " because, as she states, she is " not a quitter. " Moreover, Grace is very interested in technology and plans to major in computer engineering. Grace became hooked onto computers because of her interest in cell phone technology. In the Philippines, there are many cottage industries focused upon making the cell phone more fun, unique, and " hip " and this was fascinating to Grace, piquing her curiosity and prompting her to pursue computer science. In addition, Grace's father has experience working with computers, particularly in web design, which Grace believes also influenced her technology interests. Grace lives in downtown Los Angeles, but travels a long distance to …