Interest in ICT Studies and Careers: Perspectives of Senior High School Female Students in Three Districts in the Central Region of Ghana

Autor/in	Ayebi-Arthur, Kofi
Titel	Interest in ICT Studies and Careers: Perspectives of Senior High School Female Students in Three Districts in the Central Region of Ghana
Quelle	(2011), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Developing Nations; Computer Science; Science Careers; Career Choice; Females; Computer Science Education; Student Characteristics; Preferences; Student Attitudes; Coeducation; Information Technology; High School Students; Single Sex Schools; Disproportionate Representation; Computer Attitudes; Self Efficacy; Data Analysis; Questionnaires; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Informatik; Weibliches Geschlecht; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Koedukation; Informationstechnologie; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Auswertung; Fragebogen
Abstract	The under-representation of females in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) fields of study and careers continues to attract considerable attention. This article discusses findings of a research that investigated interest in ICT studies and careers among female secondary school students from schools in three districts in the Central Region of Ghana. The article outlines the demographic background of the participating girls, their experiences with ICT, and their preferences for future studies and careers in ICT. Engineering was the least preferred career choice among female science students in coeducational schools whilst Computer Science/ICT and Nursing were the least preferred career choice among science students in female only schools. However, Medicine was the most preferred career choice among students of both types of schools. [This paper was published in the "Ghana Journal of Education and Teaching," No. 12 (2011).] (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10