‘Because it’s boring, irrelevant and I don’t like computers’: Why high school girls avoid professionally-oriented ICT subjects

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 th...

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Published in:	Computers and education Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 1304 - 1318
Main Authors:	Anderson, Neil, Lankshear, Colin, Timms, Carolyn, Courtney, Lyn
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2008 Elsevier
Subjects:	Australia Comparative Analysis Computer Attitudes Computers Feedback (Response) Females Foreign Countries Gender studies High Schools Human–computer interface Partnerships in Education Pedagogical issues Secondary education Student Attitudes Surveys Teaching/learning strategies Australia Teaching/learning strategies Human–computer interface Secondary education Pedagogical issues Gender studies
ISSN:	0360-1315, 1873-782X
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