Unlocking The Clubhouse

Author : Jane Margolis
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262250802
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unlocking the Clubhouse written by Jane Margolis and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003-02-28 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding and overcoming the gender gap in computer science education. The information technology revolution is transforming almost every aspect of society, but girls and women are largely out of the loop. Although women surf the Web in equal numbers to men and make a majority of online purchases, few are involved in the design and creation of new technology. It is mostly men whose perspectives and priorities inform the development of computing innovations and who reap the lion's share of the financial rewards. As only a small fraction of high school and college computer science students are female, the field is likely to remain a "male clubhouse," absent major changes. In Unlocking the Clubhouse, social scientist Jane Margolis and computer scientist and educator Allan Fisher examine the many influences contributing to the gender gap in computing. The book is based on interviews with more than 100 computer science students of both sexes from Carnegie Mellon University, a major center of computer science research, over a period of four years, as well as classroom observations and conversations with hundreds of college and high school faculty. The interviews capture the dynamic details of the female computing experience, from the family computer kept in a brother's bedroom to women's feelings of alienation in college computing classes. The authors investigate the familial, educational, and institutional origins of the computing gender gap. They also describe educational reforms that have made a dramatic difference at Carnegie Mellon—where the percentage of women entering the School of Computer Science rose from 7% in 1995 to 42% in 2000—and at high schools around the country.

Author : Jane Margolis
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262533464
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stuck in the Shallow End, updated edition written by Jane Margolis and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why so few African American and Latino/a students study computer science: updated edition of a book that reveals the dynamics of inequality in American schools. The number of African Americans and Latino/as receiving undergraduate and advanced degrees in computer science is disproportionately low. And relatively few African American and Latino/a high school students receive the kind of institutional encouragement, educational opportunities, and preparation needed for them to choose computer science as a field of study and profession. In Stuck in the Shallow End, Jane Margolis and coauthors look at the daily experiences of students and teachers in three Los Angeles public high schools: an overcrowded urban high school, a math and science magnet school, and a well-funded school in an affluent neighborhood. They find an insidious “virtual segregation” that maintains inequality. The race gap in computer science, Margolis discovers, is one example of the way students of color are denied a wide range of occupational and educational futures. Stuck in the Shallow End is a story of how inequality is reproduced in America—and how students and teachers, given the necessary tools, can change the system. Since the 2008 publication of Stuck in the Shallow End, the book has found an eager audience among teachers, school administrators, and academics. This updated edition offers a new preface detailing the progress in making computer science accessible to all, a new postscript, and discussion questions (coauthored by Jane Margolis and Joanna Goode).

Author : Marilyn Singer
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618306701
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let's Build a Clubhouse written by Marilyn Singer and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhyming text describes how a group of children works together to build a clubhouse, using a variety of tools. Includes facts about each tool and its use.

Author : Nathan Clarkson
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0736982493
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Clubhouse written by Nathan Clarkson and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This celebration of the power of imagination will remind children young and old of the unlimited possibility and potential of creative play. When you were young, what did you dream of doing? Riding high atop a dragon? Hurtling through space on a rocket ship? Unearthing an island treasure? Sailing on a shimmering sea? Sibling storytellers Nathan and Joy Clarkson (children of bestselling author and educator Sally Clarkson) invite you and your kids to hang out with them in the clubhouse, a place of boundless creativity where the only limit is your own imagination. Follow along with a fictional boy and girl who turn their play structure into an airplane, a submarine, a cave, a castle, and so much more! This timeless tale dedicated to the simple, oft-forgotten pleasures of imaginative play will awake wonder in your children and inspire them to dream up their own big adventures!

Author : Keengwe, Jared
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799847403
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on Equity in Computer Science in P-16 Education written by Keengwe, Jared and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growing trend for high-quality computer science in school curricula has drawn recent attention in classrooms. With an increasingly information-based and global society, computer science education coupled with computational thinking has become an integral part of an experience for all students, given that these foundational concepts and skills intersect cross-disciplinarily with a set of mental competencies that are relevant in their daily lives and work. While many agree that these concepts should be taught in schools, there are systematic inequities that exist to prevent students from accessing related computer science skills. The Handbook of Research on Equity in Computer Science in P-16 Education is a comprehensive reference book that highlights relevant issues, perspectives, and challenges in P-16 environments that relate to the inequities that students face in accessing computer science or computational thinking and examines methods for challenging these inequities in hopes of allowing all students equal opportunities for learning these skills. Additionally, it explores the challenges and policies that are created to limit access and thus reinforce systems of power and privilege. The chapters highlight issues, perspectives, and challenges faced in P-16 environments that include gender and racial imbalances, population of growing computer science teachers who are predominantly white and male, teacher preparation or lack of faculty expertise, professional development programs, and more. It is intended for teacher educators, K-12 teachers, high school counselors, college faculty in the computer science department, school administrators, curriculum and instructional designers, directors of teaching and learning centers, policymakers, researchers, and students.

Author : Lee Mothes
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1603428593
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keep Out! written by Lee Mothes and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build your own unique backyard playhouse. In this inspiring guide, Lee Mothes shows you how easy it is to construct the hideout of your kids’ dreams. With simple step-by-step instructions and plenty of innovative ideas to engage kids throughout the building process, the whole family can get involved in the fun. You’ll love constructing a personalized clubhouse with your kids, and your kids will enjoy playing in it for years to come. Just don’t forget the secret password.

Author : Ron Stout
Publisher : Brown Books
ISBN 13 : 9781934812341
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets from Inside the Clubhouse written by Ron Stout and published by Brown Books. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's an unwritten but well understood code among men when sharing what they REALLY think about women. Every guy knows about it. It's a fraternal affiliation, a support group of sorts, a virtual clubhouse, where no one is allowed inside without a penis and a pair of testicles. Following three years of research and three decades of professional experience, Ron Stout deftly reveals thirty coveted secrets men think about, might tell each other, but would never tell women. One hundred guys, among more than five hundred interviewed, share how they feel about women in the bedroom, having women as co-workers or bosses, and having wives or girlfriends who make more money than they do. They get down and dirty about dating, marriage, girls competing in sports, opening doors for women, who should pay the check at dinner, and even about how to shake hands! This is the one book that provides women the opportunity to sneak in the back door to hear what men are saying about them.

Author : Rick Morrissey
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805095004
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ozzie's School of Management written by Rick Morrissey and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For all the antics and controversy, Ozzie Guillen is one of the game's best managers--a World Series champion and a perennial contender. This book opens the door on the secrets to his success, distilling 10 commandments of managing, Guillen-style.

Author : Luis Castillo
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429936975
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clubhouse Confidential written by Luis Castillo and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clubhouse Confidential is the explosive, inside story of Yankees players and managers by a bat boy who saw it all You are invited to come behind the closed doors of the Yankees' clubhouse for the ride of your life in this intimate memoir about the team's glorious years and the superstars who made it all possible. For the first time ever, Luis "Squeegee" Castillo, bat boy and clubbie for the Yankees from 1998 to 2005, talks about working with Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, Joe Girardi, Bernie Williams, Roger Clemens, Joe Torre, and many other modern-day Yankee greats. Luis saw and heard what really happened in the privacy of the clubhouse, at parties, and in hotel rooms, bar fights, and secret meetings from Miami to St. Louis, from Detroit to Arizona, and from Toronto to New York. He even vacationed with some players and got to know them like family, discovering their pitching and hitting secrets, joining them in all-nighters, and learning their often hilarious methods of meeting girls and having fun on the road. Like a fly on the wall, Luis takes you backstage to show you how A-Rod's bragging when he hits home runs annoys teammates. Discover how manager Joe Torre checks racing results during games. Hear what happens inside the sanctity of the clubhouse after Roger Clemens beans Mets catcher Mike Piazza and then-a few months later during the 2000 World Series-throws a bat at him. Find out how Mariano Rivera eats junk food during games, why Posada routinely fights with El Duque, what Jeter is really saying to players on other teams as he rounds the bases, and so much more. Everyone knows what happened on the field. Now pull up a chair and enjoy the secret stories that only Luis can tell about what really happened behind the scenes-and why.

Author : Yasmin Kafai
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807749890
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Computer Clubhouse written by Yasmin Kafai and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the Computer Clubhouse — the idea and the place — that inspires youth to think about themselves as competent, creative, and critical learners. So much of the social life of young people has moved online and participation in the digital public has become an essential part of youth identities. The Computer Clubhouse makes an important contribution not just in local urban communities but also as a model for after-school learning environments globally. This model has been uniquely successful scaling up, with over 100 clubhouses thriving worldwide. Showcasing research by scholars and evaluators that have documented and analyzed the international Computer Clubhouse Network, this volume considers the implications of their findings in the context of what it means to prepare youth to meet the goals of the 21st century. Book Features: A successful, scalable model for providing at-risk youth a rich array of media design and computing experiences. Diverse examples of media created in the Clubhouse, ranging from digital stories, video games, interface designs, and digital art projects. Color photos of life in the Clubhouse, including youth projects. Interviews with stakeholders in the Clubhouse Network, from the director to coordinators at various international Clubhouses.