Digital Divas
The geek is male. Or so it seems. As is well documented, there is a distinct under-representation of girls studying computing at high school level and, correspondingly, going on to have careers in IT. To address this problem, in 2007 the authors of this book, with backgrounds in secondary teaching o...
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| author | Fisher, Julie Lang, Catherine Craig, Annemieke Forgasz, Helen McLeod, Amber |
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| description | The geek is male. Or so it seems. As is well documented, there is a distinct under-representation of girls studying computing at high school level and, correspondingly, going on to have careers in IT. To address this problem, in 2007 the authors of this book, with backgrounds in secondary teaching or IT, trialled a new and revolutionary program in schools: ‘Digital Divas’. The Digital Divas program, based on the idea that it was possible to change girls’ perceptions of IT careers with educationally sound materials that tapped into their interests and were delivered in all-girl classes within the school curriculum, was a great success. In 'Digital Divas: Putting the Wow into Computing for Girls', Fisher, Lang, Craig and Forgasz recount what they did and how they did it, and reflect on the significance of this program, which has indisputably led to an increased self-sufficiency with IT amongst girls, challenged stereotypical understandings of IT as a male activity, and increased the pursuit of IT careers by young women. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-314162025-07-30T10:22:14Z Digital Divas Fisher, Julie Lang, Catherine Craig, Annemieke Forgasz, Helen McLeod, Amber women in information science information technology media and communications computers education study and teaching (secondary) Curriculum Focus group Single-sex education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNU Teaching of a specific subject thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNU Teaching of a specific subject The geek is male. Or so it seems. As is well documented, there is a distinct under-representation of girls studying computing at high school level and, correspondingly, going on to have careers in IT. To address this problem, in 2007 the authors of this book, with backgrounds in secondary teaching or IT, trialled a new and revolutionary program in schools: ‘Digital Divas’. The Digital Divas program, based on the idea that it was possible to change girls’ perceptions of IT careers with educationally sound materials that tapped into their interests and were delivered in all-girl classes within the school curriculum, was a great success. In 'Digital Divas: Putting the Wow into Computing for Girls', Fisher, Lang, Craig and Forgasz recount what they did and how they did it, and reflect on the significance of this program, which has indisputably led to an increased self-sufficiency with IT amongst girls, challenged stereotypical understandings of IT as a male activity, and increased the pursuit of IT careers by young women. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2016-12-31 23:55:55 2019-12-02 14:57:45 2020-04-01T14:19:10Z 2016 book 605039 OCN: 945783898 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32796 9781922235862 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/31416 eng Education open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32796/1/605039.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32796/1/605039.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32796/1/605039.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32796/1/605039.pdf Monash University Publishing 10.26530/OAPEN_605039 10.26530/OAPEN_605039 88c90625-3202-44f9-8d25-67aa2e2f5449 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781922235862 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 208 Clayton 103466 open access |
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