Informatique et web : quelle place pour les filles ?

• Main Author: Béatrice Drot-Delange
• Format: Article
• Language: fra
• Published: Université de Provence 2011-06-01
• Series: Questions Vives
• Subjects: professional identity; professionalization; sex-stereotype; trainee; web
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/questionsvives/809

In many countries, the number of girls studying computer science has been continually declining since the 1980s. Consequently, women are underrepresented in this profession. Our hypothesis is that professional identities relating to the web, which have only recently emerged and have not yet stabilized, offer areas of indetermination which could provide opportunities for women. To date, very little scientific research into these job positions has been carried out. In our exploratory work, we studied 15 internship reports written by students from a hybrid classes in multimedia and communication. The results show typical features of research on computer engineers.