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written by Kimberly Scott and Patricia Garcia
Discourse about girls and women of color in technology has followed the familiar path of using a single-unit analysis to explain disparity. Consequently, approaches to "motivate" girls of color overemphasize gender and engage in technological fetishization without fully considering how race, gender, class, and technology are co-constituted. Drawing on critical feminist theory, social justice education, and science and technology studies, this essay offers a critique of neoliberal approaches to technology education for girls of color and provides a broad overview of the conceptual catalysts that shape the approach of COMPUGIRLS, a National Science Foundation–funded technology program. The overview demonstrates how intersectionality and education activism can nurture the dispositions of girls of color to become techno-social change agents. The essay ends with a primer lesson on the representation of intersectional identities in online spaces that illustrates our theoretical and pragmatic approach toward education, activism, and girls of color in a digital age.
Meridians: Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 65-85
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Education - Applied Research
- Curriculum Development
- Informal Education
- Learning Environment
- Recruitment
= Diversity
- Technology
= Multimedia
Education - Basic Research
- Societal Issues
= Gender Issues
= Race Issues
General Physics
- Scientific Reasoning
- High School
- Reference Material
= Article
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- Curriculum
- Curriculum / Pedagogy Guide
- Educators
- Administrators
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© 2017 Smith College
DOI:
10.2979/meridians.15.1.05
Keywords:
CGEST Program, CRT, culturally relevant education, culturally responsive education, educational justice, gender equity, reformed education
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Metadata instance created November 25, 2021 by Sam McKagan
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June 15, 2022 by Caroline Hall
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March 10, 2017
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