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Girls still think that IT is too boring

by on14 September 2009

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Nothing changed in ten years


A new
study conducted in Australia indicates that girls still think that IT is boring. The study of attitudes to technology and career skills follows an earlier one conducted by the Victorian Government in 2001. The 2001 study showed that 36 per cent of girls, compared with 16 per cent of boys, found information and communication technologies boring.

According to educator Dannielle Miller things have not got better after nearly ten years. Miller, the chief executive of Enlighten Education, a company she helped found to foster education and self-esteem among young girls, says a big proportion of future job opportunities will be involved in the IT field. She said that there will be a generation of young women who have been excluded from that knowledge then there is going to be a stark gender divide which will be quite problematic.'

Miller who penned a book The Butterfly Effect, which examines the pressures placed on teenage girls and acts a guide for parents wishing to connect with their daughters, said girls really do understand maths but society didn't want them too.

She said that teachers need to tap into female strengths and dispel discouraging stereotypes. 'Girls tend to be social learners and like to discuss problems, but they might have minimal opportunity to do that in computer subjects.
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