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oapen-20.500.12657-327962021-11-04T14:12:08Z 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 bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & 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. 2016-12-31 23:55:55 2019-12-02 14:57:45 2020-04-01T14:19:10Z 2020-04-01T14:19:10Z 2016 book 605039 OCN: 945783898 9781922235862 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32796 eng Education application/pdf n/a 605039.pdf http://www.publishing.monash.edu/books/dd-9781922235862.html Monash University Publishing 10.26530/OAPEN_605039 103466 10.26530/OAPEN_605039 ca6f5f25-1581-4668-a187-8ddef959496d b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781922235862 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 208 Clayton 103466 KU Round 2 649986 Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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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