Java engagement for teacher training: an experience report

Sooriamurthi, Raja; Sengupta, Arijit; Menzel, Simone; Moor, K.A.; Stamm, Sheila Wright; Börner, Katy

doi:10.1109/fie.2004.1408496

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“…Carnegie Mellon University's Women@SCS Outreach Roadshow was created to promote positive images of IT professionals and "to challenge the traditional stereotypes of what and who computer scientists are" (Women@SCS, 2006). Sooriamurthi, Sengupta, Menzel, Moor, Stamm, et al (2004) from Indiana University identified, "one of the most prominent images in media today is a computer geek" (p. 3). They state that this stereotype drives both men and women away from the computing field and recommended several intervention strategies in the session to dispute the geek stereotype.…”

Section: Efforts To Overcome the Geek Stereotypementioning

confidence: 99%

Young Women’s Misinformation Concerning IT Careers: Exchanging One Negative Image for Another

2007

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This research reports on the results of a study of 412 girls, ages sixteen through eighteen, in a major Midwestern United States city. The study, which also uncovered unexpected racial differences, found that, contrary to the preponderance of the research evidence, most high school girls say that they do not view those who choose IT careers as being geeks or loners. These results, which also contradict widely held beliefs, suggest the need to reassess resources currently allocated to combat the geek and loner images, particularly in large urban areas. Unfortunately, the results are not as positive as they might seem at first glance. More than half of the girls studied believe that people who choose IT careers are obsessed with computers. This new misinformation, rooted in girls' personal experiences, is likely to prove even more difficult to counter than the geek image that it appears to be replacing.

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Section: Efforts To Overcome the Geek Stereotypementioning

confidence: 99%