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Ghosts in the Machine: Women's Voices in Research with Technology

reviewed by Diane McGrath � 2004

Title: Ghosts in the Machine: Women's Voices in Research with Technology
Author(s): Nicola Yelland, Andee Rubin, and Erica McWilliam (eds.)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, New York
ISBN: 0820449113, Pages: 248, Year: 2002
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The participation of women in computer-related occupations is roughly 20%, and their salaries in those jobs are about 85% of the salaries of men (AAUW, 2000, p. 56-57). Figures like these have provoked concern about the digital divide along gender lines, and indeed along racial, ethnic, and socio-economic status lines. In the area of schooling, successful involvement in modern technologies not only helps learners get through the gateways into the job �pipeline� but also provides access to learning tools that can help learners of all stripes learn subject matter in powerful ways. The important AAUW report, Tech-Savvy (2000), helps set the context for Ghosts in the Machine: Girls believe that they can work with computers but don�t want to: they don�t like violent games, male software, computer science (boring, isolated), or much of anything about the computer culture. They are more interested in technology as a tool to accomplish things they want to do and less interested in the computer as a toy. Possible causes and solutions... (preview truncated at 150 words.)

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Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 106 Number 5, 2004, p. 1041-1044
http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 11217, Date Accessed: 9/2/2010 10:29:42 PM

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Diane McGrath Kansas State University E-mail Author Diane McGrath, Associate Professor of Educational Computing, Design & Online Learning at Kansas State University, is past editor of the Journal of Research on Computing in Education, and writes a column on Project-Based Learning using Technology for Learning & Leading with Technology. Her research has focused on constructivist multimedia and hypermedia learning environments with a particular eye to involving girls in technology, mathematics, and science.

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