Secondary Girls' Perceptions of Advanced ICT Subjects: Are They Boring and Irrelevant?

Autor/inn/en	Timms, Carolyn; Courtney, Lyn; Anderson, Neil
Titel	Secondary Girls' Perceptions of Advanced ICT Subjects: Are They Boring and Irrelevant?
Quelle	In: Australian Educational Computing, 21 (2006) 2, S.3-8 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0816-9020
Schlagwörter	Females; Computers; Information Technology; Student Attitudes; Computer Attitudes; Surveys; High School Students; Grade 11; Grade 12; Public Schools; Private Schools; Enrollment Trends; Student Surveys; Student Interests; Comparative Analysis; Attitude Measures; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Digitalrechner; Informationstechnologie; Schülerverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Schülerbefragung; Studieninteresse; Australien
Abstract	This paper reports on two questions from a survey of year 11 and 12 girls' perceptions of the two advanced computing subjects available within Education Queensland (EQ). The two subjects are Information Processing Technology (IPT) and Information Technology Systems (ITS). Similar to trends in other western countries, the Queensland experience demonstrates that the number of girls enrolling in IPT and ITS are declining to a level which causes concern. Therefore engaging girls in advanced level computing subjects has become a priority. Girls from 26 government (GS) and non government schools (NGS) (n = 1453) participated in a survey which was conducted by members of the research team at James Cook University(JCU) as part of a larger Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant project. The current paper examines responses to "The subjects are interesting" and "I am interested in computers" with particular attention to how attitudes of Non Takers of IPT/ITS diverge from those of Takers. Mann-Whitney U test comparisons found significant difference in attitudes between these groups. These data were reinforced with rich qualitative responses indicating these subjects were generally perceived by girls in high school, as boring, dull and uninteresting. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Council for Computers in Education. P.O. Box 1255, Belconnen, ACT 2616, Australia. Tel: +61-3-9349-3733; Fax: +61-3-9349-5356; Web site: http://www.acce.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10