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Summary
Summary
Diversity in Information Technology Education: Issues and Controversies sheds light on the status of diversity in the field of IT education. It identifies a wide range of problems that educators face on a daily basis, and gives practical, applicable solutions, mainly by showcasing successful and replicable examples. The chapters in ""Diversity in Information Technology Education: Issues and Controversies"" present research and introspection on race, gender, national origin, disability and other diversity categories. The examples, success stories from retention efforts, and strategies in assessment that account for diversity, and all supplement the topics with practical examples. If an instructor is planning on infusing diversity topics into the curriculum, this book contains pertinent information on how to identify problems and face issues.
Author Notes
Goran Trajkovski is an assistant professor of computer and information sciences at Towson University, USA. He holds a bachelor's degree in Applied Informatics, a master's degree in Mathematical and Computer Sciences, and a Ph.D. degree in the Computer Sciences from the University of ""SS Cyril and Methodius"" in Skopje, Macedonia. Throughout his 10 years in higher education, he has been developing modules and provided training in diversity infusion in the curriculum for faculty in the ""diversity-unfriendly"" disciplines of computer science, IT, natural sciences, and mathematics. He has sat on several panels on this topic. This is Dr. Trajkovski's fourth book, and the first in English.
