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What does it mean to Know Computer Science? Perspectives from Gender Research

Authors:

Christina Björkman, Lena Trojer

Publication Type:

Journal article

Venue:

tripleC

Publisher:

http://triplec.uti.at/articles.php


Abstract

The epistemological basis for computer science (CS), on which research and education as well as development of applications are founded, are fundamental for its production of knowledge. In this paper we raise the issue of how gender research developed within science and technology can be used within computer science, to approach and discuss foundations of the discipline, and what the implications of this reflection are for CS education. After an introduction, which serves to motivate the questions raised, we discuss issues concerning the foundations of computer science. We then introduce gender research, as we use it, and present some points where this type of research can contribute to the question “What does it mean to know CS?”.

Bibtex

@article{Bjorkman1222,
author = {Christina Bj{\"o}rkman and Lena Trojer},
title = {What does it mean to Know Computer Science? Perspectives from Gender Research},
volume = {4},
number = {2},
pages = {316--327},
month = {June},
year = {2006},
journal = {tripleC},
publisher = {http://triplec.uti.at/articles.php},
url = {http://www.es.mdu.se/publications/1222-}
}