Building a collective identity for increasing the sense of belonging and permanence in courses of Computing area

• Ana Bacelo PUC-RS
• Cristina Nunes PUC-RS
• Milene Silveira PUC-RS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wit.2019.6724

Abstract

The decrease in the number of girls entering (and completing) courses related to the areas of Engineering and Computer Science at PUCRS, brought the need to create actions that motivate them both to enroll and to continue in courses of these areas. Considering the courses related to Computer Science of PUCRS, a series of actions were carried out during the year 2018. Our intent is to build–with the girls who are in these courses-a group identity. With the creation and strengthening of this identity, we hope that they feel that they belong to their courses, this way staying in them and inspiring other girls to join them.

Keywords: girls in Computer Science, collective identity, sense of belonging, permanence

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