"Because It's Boring, Irrelevant and I Don't Like Computers": Why High School Girls Avoid Professionally-Oriented ICT Subjects

Autor/inn/en	Anderson, Neil; Lankshear, Colin; Timmsa, Carolyn; Courtney, Lyn
Titel	"Because It's Boring, Irrelevant and I Don't Like Computers": Why High School Girls Avoid Professionally-Oriented ICT Subjects
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 50 (2008) 4, S.1304-1318 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2006.12.003
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Females; Computers; Student Attitudes; Comparative Analysis; Surveys; Feedback (Response); Computer Attitudes; Partnerships in Education; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Weibliches Geschlecht; Digitalrechner; Schülerverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	The current paper details results from the Girls and ICT survey phase of a three year study investigating factors associated with low participation rates by females in education pathways leading to professional level information and communications technology (ICT) professions. The study is funded through the Australian Research Council's (ARC) Linkage Grants Scheme. It involves a research partnership between Education Queensland (EQ), industry partner Technology One and academic researchers at ("affiliation removed for review purposes"). Respondents to the survey were 1453 senior high school girls. Comparisons were drawn between Takers (n = 131) and Non Takers (n = 1322) of advanced level computing subjects. Significant differences between the groups were found on four questions: "The subjects are interesting"; "I am very interested in computers"; "The subject will be helpful to me in my chosen career path after school"; and "It suited my timetable". The research has demonstrated that senior high school girls tend to perceive advanced computing subjects as boring and they express a strong aversion to computers. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10