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Volume 1
Issue 1
16 March 1998
Introduction
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?
Special Issue: The Effect of Computers on the Gender Gap in Education
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Welcome to our special issue of GREAT, a publication on Gender Relations in Educational Applications of Technology. In this issue, we explore the social and ethical implications of computers in the classroom, with regard to the existing gender differences in education and computing. We present a series of articles addressing the individual issues of gender inequality in the classroom, gender disparity in computer-related fields, and the introduction of computers into the classroom, as well as the integration of all three. In addition to formal theory and analysis, we include personal stories, case studies, and software reviews. We then draw our final conclusions in Last Words.
Abstract
The latest direction of educational reform focuses on incorporating computers into the classroom. The introduction of computers into the classroom raises issues concerning their effect on the existing gender gap in education. To shed light on these issues, this project explores three related topics: the current state of gender differences in education, the current state of gender differences in computing, and the effect of computers in the classroom. The project goes on to examine how all of these interrelate, and to make predictions about the effect computers will have on the gender gap in education.
