TY  - GEN
AU  - Fisher,Julie
AU  - Lang,Catherine
AU  - Craig,Annemieke
AU  - Forgasz,Helen
AU  - McLeod,Amber
TI  - Digital Divas
SN  - OAPEN_605039
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Clayton
PB  - Monash University Publishing
KW  - Teaching of a specific subject
KW  - bicssc
KW  - women in information science
KW  - information technology
KW  - media and communications
KW  - computers
KW  - education
KW  - study and teaching (secondary)
KW  - Curriculum
KW  - Focus group
KW  - Single-sex education
N1  - Open Access
N2  - 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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UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32796/1/605039.pdf
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/31416
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