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Mon 28 Apr 2025 16:20 - 16:40 at 106 - Student Perceptions Chair(s): Rafal Wlodarski

The Software Engineering (SE) workforce is still man-dominated, and there are still fewer women students graduating from Computer Science/Software Engineering (CS/SE) courses in most countries. Two major reasons are fewer women enrolling in CS/SE courses and a lower percentage of those women who enrolled completing courses. We wanted to investigate the second reason - the experiences of students within the CS/SE education environment to identify key issues that need improvement to increase women student recruitment and completion. We interviewed 18 CS/SE students to explore their experiences. We requested they review selected SE education content to understand the perception of gender diversity within the SE education environment. Our findings indicate women students feel excluded by several behavioural aspects of their fellow men students as well as by some teachers. We found that gender-biased language and stereotypical images make women students feel more excluded. From the experiences and opinions of our participants, we propose specific recommendations for higher education CS/SE teachers, universities and researchers to improve gender inclusion in SE teaching environments.

Mon 28 Apr

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16:00 - 17:30
Student PerceptionsCSEE&T at 106
Chair(s): Rafal Wlodarski Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley
16:00
20m
Talk
Student Perceptions of Group Formation in Software Engineering Courses
CSEE&T
Fabian Fagerholm Aalto University, Stanislav Chren Aalto University, Lassi Haaranen Aalto University
Pre-print
16:20
20m
Talk
Understanding Students’ Experience and Perception of Gender Bias in a Software Engineering Education Environment
CSEE&T
Tanjila Kanij , Jonny PJ Low Monash University, John Grundy Monash University
Pre-print
16:40
20m
Talk
Students' Perception of ChatGPT in Software Engineering: Lessons Learned from Five Courses
CSEE&T
Luciano Baresi Politecnico di Milano, Andrea De Lucia University of Salerno, Antinisca Di Marco University of L'Aquila, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy, Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila, Leonardo Mariani University of Milano-Bicocca, Daniela Micucci University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno, Maria Teresa Rossi University of Milano Bicocca, Italy, Fiorella Zampetti University of Sannio, Italy
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