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dc.contributor.convenorMark Holland
dc.contributor.authorTimms, Carolyn
dc.contributor.authorCourtney, Lyn
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Neil
dc.contributor.editorUnknown
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-12T00:33:39Z
dc.date.available2017-05-12T00:33:39Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2010-07-29T08:19:03Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/32911
dc.description.abstractThis 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). These two subjects are Information Processing Technology (IPT) and Information Technology Systems (ITS). The Queensland experience is similar to trends in other western countries; numbers of girls enrolling in these subjects 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.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE)
dc.publisher.placeBelconnen, ACT
dc.publisher.urihttps://acce.edu.au/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameAustralian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC 2006)
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleAustralian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC 2006)
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2006-10-02
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2006-10-04
dc.relation.ispartoflocationCairns
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMulti-Disciplinary
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode999999
dc.titleDimensions of 'boring': Secondary Girls' perceptions of advanced ICT subjects
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorTimms, Carolyn M.


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