Teaching Girls Online Skills: Results of the Wikid Grrls Intervention

Autor/inn/en	Eckert, Stine; Metzger-Riftkin, Jade; Nurmis, Joanna
Titel	Teaching Girls Online Skills: Results of the Wikid Grrls Intervention
Quelle	In: Journal of Media Literacy Education, 10 (2018) 3, S.20-42 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2167-8715
Schlagwörter	Females; Workshops; After School Programs; Technological Literacy; Media Literacy; Gender Differences; Internet; Feminism; Skill Development; Preadolescents; Early Adolescents; Middle School Students; Maryland; Michigan (Detroit) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Technisches Wissen; Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Geschlechterkonflikt; Feminismus; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	In 2013-2016 we designed and implemented Wikid Grrls, a 10-week after-school workshop series to teach online skills to middle school girls in U.S. schools. We interviewed and surveyed 80 participants before and after the workshops. Girls' online skills and confidence in them increased measurably for the duration of the workshop series. Participants expressed great interest in learning more, but media literacy programs at their schools regarding online skills were lacking. Using feminist theories and the reader-to-leader framework, we argue that such media literacy interventions bring immediate learning rewards for participants. Yet, we conclude that to narrow gender gaps in digital knowledge creation and sharing, media literacy classes that include online skills should become regular features in U.S. school curricula instead of being offered merely in voluntary programs. Future research should assess long-term benefits of media literacy interventions to teach online skills longitudinally to see if and how such initiatives figure into later school and career decisions. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01