tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post151403647566343361..comments2023-07-10T07:12:16.641-04:00Comments on The Female Perspective of Computer Science: Strategies for Lighting the Fire for LearningGail Carmichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-65928404607560731782009-12-16T17:08:05.679-05:002009-12-16T17:08:05.679-05:00I'd say that time is also a big factor. I was ...I'd say that time is also a big factor. I was talking to one of my professors about revamping our CS curriculum, especially the intro courses. I realized that it's really hard to get anyone to be really excited about CS in an intro course unless they already some attraction to it. I think if you want to attract someone to a particular field, you have to invest a lot of time in gradually introducing them (ideally many years starting at a young age).<br /><br />There are the cases where people just come into contact with a field and then fall in love with it, but those aren't the norm and we can't let our field depend on them.<br /><br />Additionally, I've also realized that coming up with good CS intro courses is really, really hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com