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dc.contributor.convenorJulie Kiggins, Lisa Kervin
dc.contributor.authorRowan, Leonie
dc.contributor.editorJulie Kiggins, Lisa Kervin and Jessica Mantei
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:18:30Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:18:30Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2010-07-30T07:20:15Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/32646
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the implications for teacher educators of the dominant beliefs currently circulating within diverse Australian high schools about the (lack of) relationship between girls' interests, girls' careers, girls' futures and the broad field of information technology. It identifies students' attitudes towards the content, relevance and general appeal of IT subjects to highlight the challenges for both teachers and teacher educators who may be seeking to address the issues associated with girls' under representation in IT courses and also contribute to an ongoing project of gender based educational reform. Emphasis throughout the paper is on the persistence of discourses that continue to position girls and IT in opposition to each other and on the challenges of subverting these discourses through the introduction of new figurations (cf Rosi Braidotti, 1994) or transformative understandings of what it now means to be a female student, a female teacher, or a female IT user. The paper concludes by reflecting on the implications of these themes for teachers and teacher educators: particularly those with an on-going commitment to the broad field of educational justice.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian Teacher Education Association
dc.publisher.placeWollongong, NSW
dc.publisher.urihttp://atea.edu.au/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=116&task=viewcategory&catid=60
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencename7th Australian teacher education asssociation conference
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleQuality in Teacher Education: Considering different perspectives and agendas
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2007-07-03
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2007-07-06
dc.relation.ispartoflocationWollongong
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMulti-Disciplinary
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode999999
dc.title“I don’t need IT because I’m going to be a teacher” and other popular beliefs: High school students’ explanations for the under representation of girls in information technology subjects
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.date.issued2007
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorRowan, Leonie


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