Red-Eared Sliders and Neighborhood Dogs: Creating Third Spaces to Support Ethnic Girls' Interests in Technological and Scientifi

Publisher      Children, Youth and Environments, 14(2)
Page Numbers     156-177
Summary     Girls and women, especially if they are people of color, supposedly do not like computer technology or science. Myriad reports and studies document their limited interest and participation in these fields, both in school and at work. This article reports some preliminary results from an after-school intervention intended to increase urban, African-American middle school girls' interest and participation in computer technology and science.

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