Abstract

Reports on a two-year ethnographic study focusing on gender, science education, and the introduction of networked digital media for learning in middle schools. Describes how learners become active participants, exploring gender attitudes, when studying socio-scientific issues related to an endangered rain forest and using video, the Internet, and computer media. (Author/LRW)

Citation

Goldman-Segall, R. (1998). Gender and Digital Media in the Context of a Middle School Science Project. Meridian, 1(1), 1-12. Retrieved February 28, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/84397/.

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Keywords

• active learning
• Computer Assisted Instruction
• Educational Media
• Environmental Education
• ethnography
• Gender
• Gender Issues
• Intermediate Grades
• internet
• Junior High Schools
• learning strategies
• Middle School Education
• Middle Schools
• Rainforests
• Science and Society
• science education