Why it rarely enters students schematic repertoire of future careers : a gendered analysis of student course and career choices related to IT in the 21st century / Catherine Lang
Published
Saarbrucken, Deutschland : VDM Verlag Dr Mueller, 2010
Ch. 1. The paucity of women in IT: a social and economic issue -- Ch. 2. Self-efficacy and career decision-making theories: through a gendered lens -- Ch. 3. Emerging 'women and IT' research -- Ch. 4. Research design -- Ch. 5. Findings-junior school students and IT -- Ch. 6. Findings-middle school students -- Ch. 7. Findings-senior school students -- Ch. 8. Findings-university students and I.T. -- Ch. 9. Synthesis of findings and discussion across year levels -- Ch. 10. Conclusions and implications for the future of IT
Summary
This research presents a gendered analysis of factors that shape adolescent attitudes to information technology at key stages in their education. This research provides insight into reasons why females are not choosing IT courses to the same extent as males. It also found that IT rarely entered students schematic repertoire of possible future careers, and that there is a deficit in student knowledge of what an IT career involves