Breaking the Geek Myth: Addressing Young Women's Misperceptions about Technology Careers

Autor/inn/en	Siek, Katie A.; Connelly, Kay; Stephano, Amanda; Menzel, Suzanne; Bauer, Jacki; Plale, Beth
Titel	Breaking the Geek Myth: Addressing Young Women's Misperceptions about Technology Careers
Quelle	In: Learning & Leading with Technology, 33 (2006) 7, S.19-22 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-5754
Schlagwörter	Womens Education; Careers; Majors (Students); Females; Computer Science; Misconceptions; Technology Education; Career Choice; College Students; Student Attitudes; Student Recruitment; Middle School Students; High School Students; Stereotypes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Career; Karriere; Weibliches Geschlecht; Informatik; Missverständnis; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Klischee
Abstract	Some women have various misconceptions about technology careers. Some of them think that one has to be a geek in order to become a computer scientist. When the Women in Computing Group at Indiana University (WIC@IU) was looking for ideas on how to increase the number of women in computing majors at IU, the authors realized that women were turning away from technology careers before they arrived at college. The authors realized that the solution in convincing women to pursue technology careers is to reach out to regional middle and high school students who are likely to attend IU and persuade them to consider a career in technology. The goal is to dispel common stereotypes about people who work with technology, in essence, to break the geek myth. In this article, the authors describe their interactive presentation--Just Be--and discuss their experiences delivering it. Just Be is a presentation wherein the presenters discuss how they got involved in computing when they were younger, their current work, and what they do outside of work for fun. (Contains 6 online resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10