Abstract

FIGUEIREDO, Karen da Silva  and  MACIEL, Cristiano. Self-efficacy in career development and its influence on gender diversity in computer science. R. Educ. Públ. [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.65, suppl.1, pp.365-384. ISSN 2238-2097.  https://doi.org/10.29286/rep.v27i65/1.6586.

Understanding how self-efficacy in computer science is perceived by adolescents helps to un derstand the experiences they live, in pursuit of gender diversity in computing. This paper aims to discuss about how the genders could influen ce in the career choice of the adolescents from the view of the career development Psychology and the self-efficacy’s role. This article presents the construction of the self-efficacy scale in computer science and technologies for high school students and its validation through a pilot application with 14 female students. Pre liminary results show low self-efficacy in their higher education decision-making process and in their computer science knowledge.

Keywords : Self-Efficacy; Career Development; Gender Diversity; Computer Science and Technologies.

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