From Edupage....a disheartening report. Boredom can be worse than
fear.... I tho't this would be a good fyi following the post about
opportunities at a middle school workshop this summer.
FYI,
Rosa Hemphill
<hemphill@teleport.com>
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GIRLS PUT OFF BY "TEDIOUS AND DULL" COMPUTER COURSES
A study from an educational foundation affiliated with the American
Association of University Women suggests that the reason that only
one-fifth
of high tech jobs are held by women is not that girls in middle school and
high school are afraid of technology but that they're bored by it
www.aauw.org/2000/techsavvy.html/. The report proposes making computer
science courses less "tedious and dull," redesigning computer games for
girls, and reshaping the image of computer workers: "When asked, girls and
women describe a prevailing concern that computer science will stunt their
diverse range of intellectual pursuits and interests. Girls tend to imagine
that computer professionals live in a solitary, anti-social and sedentary
world." (Atlanta Journal-Constitution 11 Apr 2000)
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/epaper/editions/today/news_832f1c4
df11080f60043.htm
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