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Stuck in the shallow end :

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0262260964

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0262135043

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0262514044

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9780262135047

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9780262514040

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Title Proper

Stuck in the shallow end :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

education, race, and computing /

First Statement of Responsibility

Jane Margolis ; Rachel Estrella [and others].

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, Mass. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

MIT Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xii, 201 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-191) and index.

Text of Note

Introduction: the myth of technology as the "Great Equalizer" -- 1. An unlikely metaphor: the color line in swimming and computer science -- 2. Technology rich, but curriculum poor -- 3. Normalizing the racial divide in high school computer science -- 4. Claimed spaces: "Preparatory Privilege" and high school computer science -- 5. Teachers as potential change agents: balancing equity reform and systemic change -- 6. Technology policy illusions -- Conclusion: "The Best and the Brightest"?

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Text of Note

"The number of African Americans and Latino/as receiving undergraduate and advanced degrees in computer science is disproportionately low, according to recent surveys. 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 looks 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. She finds an insidious "virtual segregation" that maintains inequality. Two of the three schools studied offer only low-level, how-to (keyboarding, cutting and pasting) introductory computing classes. The third and wealthiest school offers advanced courses, but very few students of color enroll in them. The race gap in computer science, Margolis finds, is one example of the way students of color are denied a wide range of occupational and educational futures. Margolis traces the interplay of school structures (such factors as course offerings and student-to-counselor ratios) and belief systems -- including teachers' assumptions about their students and students' assumptions about themselves. 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."

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

JSTOR

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

OverDrive, Inc.

Stock Number

22573/ctt1n1rh42

Stock Number

B51D3103-BB43-4DE7-974A-44F53DF28405

Title

Stuck in the shallow end.

International Standard Book Number

0262135043

Children of minorities-- Education (Secondary)-- United States.

Computer science-- Study and teaching (Secondary)-- United States.

Digital divide-- United States.

Children of minorities-- Education (Secondary)

Computer science-- Study and teaching (Secondary)

COMPUTERS-- Computer Literacy.

COMPUTERS-- Computer Science.

COMPUTERS-- Data Processing.

COMPUTERS-- Hardware-- General.

COMPUTERS-- Information Technology.

COMPUTERS-- Machine Theory.

COMPUTERS-- Reference.

Digital divide.

EDUCATION-- Teaching Methods & Materials-- Science & Technology.

United States.

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Edition

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Book number

Margolis, Jane.

Date of Transaction

20201204020942.0

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