The influence of an inclusion action in the interest of high school students in computing at the Federal University of Goiás

• Talita Ferreira UFG
• Elisângela Dias UFG

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wit.2019.6730

Abstract

While women have pioneered computing, the interest of female high school students in computing and female participation in the academic and professional computing environment has been declining over time. In this article, we show the results of the research carried out with female high school students during an inclusion action designed to increase the visibility of women who were part of the history of Computing and to encourage female participation in Computing. It was concluded that the inclusion action positively influenced interest in Computing by female high school students participating in the research.

Keywords: Women in Computing, Women participation, STEM

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