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ICSE 2020
Wed 24 June - Thu 16 July 2020

Finland is considered a country with a good track record in gender equality. Whilst statistics support the notion that Finland is performing well compared to many other countries in terms of workplace equality, there are still many areas for improvement. This paper focuses on the problems that some women face in obtaining software engineering roles. We report a preliminary analysis of survey data from 252 respondents. These are mainly women who have shown an interest in gaining programming roles by joining the Mimmit koodaa initiative, which aims to increase equality and diversity within the software industry. The survey sought to understand what early experiences may influence later career choices and feelings of efficacy and confidence needed to pursue technology-related careers. These initial findings reveal that women’s feelings of computing self-efficacy and attitudes towards software engineering are shaped by early experiences. More negative experiences decrease the likelihood of working in software engineering roles in the future, despite expressing an interest in the field.

Thu 9 Jul

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07:00 - 08:00
I14-SEET - Industry Relevant Teaching and OthersSoftware Engineering Education and Training at Goguryeo
Chair(s): Letizia Jaccheri Norwegian University of Science and Technology
07:00
12m
Talk
Addressing the Double Challenge of Learning and Teaching Enterprise Technologies through Peer TeachingSEET
Software Engineering Education and Training
Richard Glassey KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Olle Bälter KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Philipp Haller KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Mattias Wiggberg KTH Royal Institute of Technology
07:12
12m
Talk
Characterizing the Pedagogical Benefits of Adaptive Feedback for Compilation Errors by Novice ProgrammersSEET
Software Engineering Education and Training
Umair Z. Ahmed National University of Singapore, Nisheeth Srivastava Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Renuka Sindhgatta Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Amey Karkare IIT Kanpur
07:24
12m
Talk
VeriSIM: A Learning Environment for Comprehending Class and Sequence Diagrams using Design TracingSEET
Software Engineering Education and Training
Prajish Prasad IIT Bombay, Sridhar Iyer IIT Bombay
07:36
12m
Talk
Towards an Open Repository for Teaching Software Modeling applying Active Learning StrategiesSEET
Software Engineering Education and Training
Williamson Silva UFAM, Bruno Gadelha UFAM, Igor Steinmacher Northern Arizona University, Tayana Conte Universidade Federal do Amazonas
07:48
12m
Talk
What prevents Finnish women from applying to software engineering roles? A preliminary analysis of survey dataSEET
Software Engineering Education and Training
Annika Wolff LUT University, Antti Knutas LUT University, Paula Savolainen Turku University of Applied Sciences
Pre-print