Call for Papers [Special Topic]

Action and Intention: Considering the Relationship between Educational Software and Gendered Career Interests
The special topic calls for papers on Action and Intention: Considering the Relationship between Educational Software and Gendered Career Interests and such papers will appear in Higher Education of Social Science as a special column.
Affiliated research area: Teacher Training, Educational Software, Gendered Career Interests, Advance Learning, Gender Balance, Gender Issues, Sociology, Psychology, Gender Education, Technology Education

Description
Educational software can be a valuable tool for teaching and learning at the pre-college level, where the foundation is laid for entry into technology-related fields like computer science and engineering. Like all technology, the promise of educational software to advance learning and spark career interest in these areas also comes with the potential for unintended and unwanted consequences. One of these consequences is gendered outcomes in learning and career interest. Oversight of gender issues in the design and application of educational software, as well as the way it used by teachers in the classroom, can result in technology-based educational experiences that are more appealing to boys than girls, and that ultimately reinforce the gender imbalance in science and technology majors. As a first step toward understanding how educational software design and teacher implementation can achieve and promote gender balance, this paper brings together research from education, sociology, psychology, and computing to explore the interaction between gender and technology education.

Requirements
In addition to the Review and Original Articles by invited speakers, we are inviting you to submit a relevant research paper on Action and Intention: Considering the Relationship between Educational Software and Gendered Career Interests for consideration. Papers will be subject to normal peer review and must comply with the Guide for Authors. To submit papers to the Action and Intention: Cons idering the Relationship between Educational Software and Gendered Career Interests Special Topic, please go to http://www.cscan ada.net. With your submission, please state clearly to the editor that your manuscripts are submitted to the Special Topic Action and Intention: Considering the Relationship between Educational Software and Gendered Career Interests.

Related Conferences:
36th Annual Conference on Frontiers in Education

Related Journals (Special issue):

Higher Education of Social Science Journal , ISSN 1927-0232 [Print]; ISSN 1927-0240 [Online]. http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/hess

Related Articles:
Action and Intention: Considering the Relationship between Educational Software and Gendered Career Interests ISBN: 1-4244-0256-5

About The Journal

Higher Education of Social Science (ISSN 1927-0232 [Print]; ISSN 1927-0240 [Online]) is a leading peer reviewed academic journal published bimonthly. The first publication time was 30th September, 2011. The journal promotes the exchange of ideas and rational discourse between practicing educators and educational researchers in social scie nce aspect and contributes to the understanding and/or the improvement of educational processes and outcomes. The Journal aims to serve the needs of faculties, researchers, administrators and those concerned with the present and the future of higher education. This Journal also encourages discussions about higher education at the perspectives of social science within and among relevant professional and academic communities and researchers at social science level. Articles will combine phenomenon analyses, the development of higher education, discussions of education 2 methods and other issues which are important to faculty, administrators, and program managers. More detailed information about the journal can be discovered in http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/hess. We sincerely welcome you to submit articles to the special column of our journal. If you rightly have a manuscript in this field, please dont hesitate to write us an email with the subject of Submission for HESS Special Topic: Action and Intention: Considering the Relationship between Educational Software and Gendered Career Interests (http://cscanada.net/users/index.php/index/login). We look forward to your submission at hess@cscanada.org; hess@cscanada.net! More detailed information about the special topic, pertinent conferences, related journals (special issue) and relevant articles can be discovered from our websites: http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/hess/announcement/view/106

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