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ISSN Druckformat: 1072-8325
ISSN Online: 1940-431X
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PARTNERING WITH TEACHERS TO EDUCATE GIRLS IN THE NEW COMPUTER AGE
ABSTRAKT
The authors report on a project conducted in 2 consecutive years at the same public middle school. The project was designed to challenge the view that technology is a male domain. In the main study, teachers partnered with researchers to implement an innovative educational intervention focused on disrupting gender stereotypeproducing dynamics among students' peer groups. Participants were 151 seventh grade students and their teachers. The intervention was successful in bringing about hypothesized changes in girls' relation to technology. Girls in the treatment group reported greater interest in future computer and technology involvement than girls in the control group. In addition, girls in the intervention reported less endorsement of boys' computer expertise than girls in the control group. Although the intervention was designed for girls, overall, boys' reactions were quite positive.