tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post7843081395274718082..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Why Aren't More Women in Tech? Here's One Thought...Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-28240415282835432772014-08-31T21:15:19.116-04:002014-08-31T21:15:19.116-04:00http://www.salon.com/2014/08/25/a_new_explanation_...http://www.salon.com/2014/08/25/a_new_explanation_for_techs_pathetic_gender_diversity_the_personal_computer/Courtney Ostaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04327281665395277255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-81172285796348089812014-08-31T14:29:26.172-04:002014-08-31T14:29:26.172-04:00This leads to a discussion of teacher training and...This leads to a discussion of teacher training and recruitment. 85% of teachers and probably 95% in elementary, are females. There was no technology classes in my coursework but I jut happened to have started in Engineering and took lots of computer classes. So at school, now that we have no librarians (who were defacto tech person), many teachers come to the few of us who understand computers. Parents obviously have the most influence over their kids however, more schools need the resources and technology teachers to encourage more girls to go into computer field. Our computer labs for the last 10-15 years have been taken over with all the testing; especially schools with large ESL and high poverty students that take more time and more opportunities to pass. Furthermore, this seems to be the treatment of teachers overall, because teaching is seen mainly as a "womans" job; what other explanation is there of the maltreatment and utter contempt by the deformers in education? Thoughts?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10549585685081282949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-59388838329117177522014-08-31T11:02:51.627-04:002014-08-31T11:02:51.627-04:00wow
wow<br />Philly Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543951612451538559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-83928994507558893852014-08-31T09:33:00.455-04:002014-08-31T09:33:00.455-04:00Thank you for this Peter.Thank you for this Peter.Hannah13https://www.blogger.com/profile/17342866965252996458noreply@blogger.com