Volume 1
Issue 1
16 March 1998
Gender
Inequalities in Education
The
Gender Gap in the Computing Field
Whitmore
High School: A Case Study of Computer Usage
Computer
Projects for Mother and Daughter
Expanding
Your Horizons in Math and Science
Computers
and Technology: Differences In Gender
Gender
Bias In Educational Software
Educational
Software For Girls
- Purple Moon: Thanks but No Thanks for Rockett's New School
- Girl Tech - Not Girl Friendly Enough
- Her Interactive
- Broderbund - Classroom Software Done Right
Computers
In the Classroom: What is the Effect on the Gender
Gap?
science and math that may get girls excited about learning the theory behind them. There are three basic types of workshops: hands-on, where the girls actively participate; career, where women discuss their carrers; and guidance, pertaining to college or career choices. This gives girls positivewomen role models in non-traditional careers. There are also workshops for parents, teacher, and counselors to help them become aware of girls' capabilities in math and science and to give them good guidance in career choices. The workshop are all taught by volunteer college foculty or women professionals.
Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science are all-day conferences that are held every year for 6th - 12th grade girls. The official objectives of EYH conferences are: to foster awareness of the wide range of career options for women in mathematics, to provide opportunities to meet and talk with women who work in these fields, and to increase young women's awareness of the importance of math and the need for early career exploration. EYH offers workshops in a variety of subjects such as forensic science, nutrition, mathematical games, environmental archaeology, and cellular biology. These are really good because they are interesting applications of
EYH conferences are held across the country every year. Locally, Sonoma State University will hold a conference on March 28 of this year specifically or 7th and 8th grade girls. Like many other outreach programs, this one focuses on middle school girls because middle school is when many girls stop being interested in math and science and encounter a variety of social pressures that drive them away from math and science. San Jose State University will hold a conference on March. 14 for 6th - 12th graders. EYH events are sponsored by the Math/Science network and by a number of corporations and government associations.
