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Digital Divas: Putting the Wow into Computing for Girls
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posted on 2020-08-18, 23:38 authored by Julie Fisher, Catherine Lang, Annemieke Craig, Helen Forgasz, Amber McLeodAs 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’.
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 that were delivered in all-girl classes within the school curriculum, the Digital Divas program was a great success.
In Digital Divas: Putting the Wow into Computing for Girls, Fischer, 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 stereotyped understandings of IT as a male activity, and increased the pursuit of IT careers by young women.
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Title made available open access thanks to the generous support of the Knowledge Unlatched project.
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Paperback ISBN
9781922235862e-PDF ISBN
9781925377903e-pub ISBN
9781925377569Mobi ISBN
9781925377576Knowledge Unlatched ISBN
9781922235879Pages total
208.0Size
234mm x 153mmSeries
EducationPublisher
Monash University PublishingPrint publication date
1/01/2016Usage metrics
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Keywords
information technologystudy and teachingsecondary educationcomputerswomen in information scienceAustraliacomputer sciencedata processinghardwaremachine theoryDigital Divasengineering and applied scienceinformation and communications technologymedia and communicationsprogram descriptionsprogram effectivenessprogram evaluationsecondary school studentssingle sex classesstudent attitudesstudent engagementstudent perceptionstechnology and womencomputers and womenteenage girlsDigital HumanitiesEducationCurriculum and Pedagogy not elsewhere classifiedCreative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and PedagogyEducational Technology and ComputingGender, Sexuality and Education