Diversity in Programming Education: Help Underrepresented Groups Learn Programming

Computer science (CS) and especially software engineering (SE) are still predominantly male-dominated domains at all levels— education, academia and industry [4] , [6] , [7] . The impact of this very homogeneous group, involved in development and decision-making processes in CS, has become increasingly apparent. Consequently, reports of discrimination against females and other underrepresented groups in the field of CS as well as biases in algorithms have recently received public and research attention [9] , [26] , [40] . In contrast, research shows that SE benefits from diversity since diverse teams have a higher performance and collaboration as well as being more creative and innovative [8] , [10] , [37] .