PGE/LCP: Techbridge

Techbridge是Chabot天文台和科学中心、奥克兰联合学区、加州州立大学海沃德分校、米尔斯学院、劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室和社区科学资源之间的一个为期三年的大型合作项目，该项目（1）鼓励女孩追求技术方面的学术和职业选择，（2）为性别、文化和技术方面的急需研究做出贡献。 这个示范方案采取了一种创新的方法，让教师、辅导员、家庭、榜样和同伴支持网络参与进来，让女孩参与和积极参与技术。 Techbridge利用基于项目的学习向女孩介绍技术和榜样，帮助女孩认识到技术是许多不同职业选择的工具。 它建立了桥梁，以减轻从初中到高中的过渡，并帮助女孩设想下一步的大学和职业生涯。 除了将跟踪和评估参与女童的进展的定量分析外，定性分析将研究性别和文化对女童在技术方面的经历以及课程和职业计划方面的选择的复杂相互作用，以更好地了解家庭和学校如何支持女童。 项目合作伙伴将共同努力，将项目成果和资源制度化，纳入现有的教师培训和地区计划，以产生长期的影响。

Techbridge is a three-year Large Collaborative Project between Chabot Observatory and Science Center, Oakland Unified School District, California State University-Hayward, Mills college, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Community Resources for Science that (1) encourages girls to pursue academic and career options in technology and (2) contributes much needed research regarding gender, culture, and technology. This model program takes an innovative approach to engage teachers, counselors, families, role models, and peer support networks in keeping girls involved and motivated in technology. Techbridge utilizes project-based learning to introduce girls to technology and role models to help girls realize that technology is a tool for many different career options. It builds bridges to ease the transition from middle school to high school and helps girls visualize the next steps to college and careers. In addition to quantitative analysis that will track and assess the progress of participating girls, qualitative analysis will study the complex interaction of gender and culture on girls' experiences with technology and choices regarding coursework and career plans to better understand how families and schools can support girls. Project partners will work together to institutionalize project findings and resources into existing teacher training and district programs for long-lasting impact.