GSE/SGER: Cross-National Differences in Women's Participation in Computer Science Education between India and the United States

GSE/SGER：印度和美国女性参与计算机科学教育的跨国差异

• 批准号: 0650410
• 负责人: Roli Varma
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0650410&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GSE; SGER; Cross; National; Differences

In the United States, the percentage of women earning bachelor's degrees in computer science (CS) is relatively low. Alarmingly, the proportion of women who considered a major in CS has recently fallen to never-before-seen levels. However, contrary to the situation in the United States, most indicators suggest that there has been a significant increase in the number of women pursuing a bachelor's degree in information technology (IT) related fields including CS in India. This is despite the prevalence of Indian patriarchy--a system of male dominance legitimized within the family and society through superior rights, privileges, authority, and power granted to men. This study will examine female participation in CS education in India and compare it with the situation in the United States. It builds on previous NSF-funded research in the United States by using similar measures for a population in India. This current effort is co-funded by the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE).The study is an international collaborative effort with faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) and the University of Delhi. This international collaborative effort will be combined with an interdisciplinary approach to link expertise in social sciences with expertise in CS. CS faculty at the University of New Mexico, IIT Chennai, IIT Bombay, and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai will serve as consultants. Combining insights from the American and Indian perspectives on the one hand and social science and CS disciplines on the other hand will improve our understanding of complex issues on gender and CS education in both countries more thoroughly than would be afforded by working within the confines of a single national perspective and discipline.Intellectual MeritIntellectually, this project will be the first study to address gender issues in CS education from a cross-national perspective. It will shed light on how the wide disparities in the careers of men and women from different countries in CS come about, are maintained, and reduced.Broader ImpactBroader impacts include strengthening bonds between the United States and India as they build upon their national expertise toward furthering joint research. The project will demonstrate how CS instruction and curriculum can be restructured to improve the participation of women in the United States as well as in India.

在美国，获得计算机科学学士学位的女性比例相对较低。令人震惊的是，考虑主修计算机科学的女性比例最近下降到前所未有的水平。然而，与美国的情况相反，大多数指标表明，在印度，攻读信息技术相关领域（包括计算机科学）学士学位的妇女人数大幅增加。尽管印度父权制盛行-这是一种通过赋予男子上级权利、特权、权威和权力在家庭和社会中合法化的男性统治制度。本研究将探讨印度女性参与CS教育的情况，并与美国的情况进行比较。它建立在以前的NSF资助的研究在美国通过使用类似的措施在印度的人口。 目前这项工作由NSF国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）共同资助。这项研究是与德里印度理工学院（IIT Delhi）和德里大学教师的国际合作努力。这一国际合作努力将与跨学科的方法相结合，将社会科学的专业知识与CS的专业知识联系起来。新墨西哥州大学、印度理工学院钦奈分校、印度理工学院孟买分校和孟买塔塔基础研究所（TIFR）的CS教师将担任顾问。结合从美国和印度的观点一方面和社会科学和CS学科的另一方面的见解将提高我们对性别和CS教育在这两个国家的复杂问题的理解比在一个单一的国家视角和学科的范围内工作更彻底。该项目将是第一个从跨国角度探讨CS教育中的性别问题的研究。它将阐明如何在CS来自不同国家的男性和女性的职业生涯的巨大差距来了，保持，并reduced.Broader ImpactBroader影响包括加强美国和印度之间的纽带，因为他们建立在他们的国家专业知识对进一步联合研究。该项目将展示如何调整CS教学和课程，以提高美国和印度妇女的参与程度。