CASE STUDY: Advancing Elementary-School Girls’ Programming through Game Design

Ahmet Baytak; Susan M Land

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2011)

Special Issue: Women in Games

CASE STUDY: Advancing Elementary-School Girls’ Programming through Game Design

Published 17-03-2011

Ahmet Baytak
Susan M Land

Ahmet Baytak
Harran University

Susan M Land
Pennsylvania State University

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CASE STUDY: Advancing Elementary-School Girls’ Programming through Game Design. (2011). International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 3(1). https://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/view/88

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Abstract

Developments have been seen in schools and workplaces throughout the last decade. However, girls’ representation in technology studies has not grown in accordance. Some scholars have suggested that computer gaming could be an entry point for girls to engage with&technology, mathematics, and science (Van Eck, 2006). This case study describes how we introduced a class of 5^th-grade girls to programming via a computer-game design approach.& Although the case study is exploratory, implications are drawn for the potential role of game design as a vehicle to involve more girls in computer science.

Keywords

children, gaming, environmental educatioin, programming, Scratch, educational technology

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