Welcome to the latest episode of the London Connected Learning Centre podcast. What’s turning girls off computing and what can be done about it?

In episode no 2 on gender and computing, presenter Julia Lawrence explores with expert guests the question of where children are getting the idea that computing is more for boys and the practical steps that educators can take to reduce the gender gap in computing.

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Episode 2: what’s turning girls off computing and what can we do about it?

Guests

Sarah Horrocks, London CLC director
Christian Turton, London CLC deputy director
Rowan Roberts, computing, teaching and learning consultant

Links

Blog post: What’s turning girls off computing?

Cracking the Gender Code

Girl Guides – Girls Attitudes Survey 2017

Employer Engagement in Education – EEF Review

ScratchMaths

IBM Summer School

CLC Technical Support – details

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