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Terdbaramee, Dussadee; Suksakulchai, Surachai; Murphy, Elizabeth – Australian Educational Computing, 2018
The role of the specialized high-school computer teacher is challenged by both students' and non-computer teachers' growing expertise in computers and technology in general. It is also challenged by a need to keep pace with a field that is constantly changing. Yet, few studies have investigated the complex variables that may affect computer…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Computer Science Education, Correlation
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Sweeney, Trudy; Geer, Ruth – Australian Educational Computing, 2010
This study investigated the use of information communication technologies (ICT) in the Early Years (R-3) in two diverse school settings. Students were surveyed to investigate their use of ICT at home and school. The findings presented, focus on student's self-assessed capabilities and attitudes using ICT and explore differences between the…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Investigations
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Courtney, Lyn; Anderson, Neil – Australian Educational Computing, 2010
Students learning in regional, rural and remote locations in Queensland are currently experiencing a "turn-off" in relation to school-based ICT in the first three years of high school. At the same time, students are experiencing increasing levels of interest and motivation from their use of ICT at home. Given the importance of ICT as an…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Rural Education, Student Attitudes, Computer Attitudes
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Chao, Shu-Hua – Australian Educational Computing, 2009
Research has shown that girls do not participate as much as boys in Information Technology (IT) in the senior years of high school. Despite research in the 1990s which identified the under-representation of girls in IT, the same pattern still continues. In addition, the complex reasons for this gender divide, and how to counter it, remain unclear.…
Descriptors: Role Models, Females, Gender Differences, Information Technology
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Redmond, Petrea – Australian Educational Computing, 2006
Females are under-represented in education, training and employment in the area of Information Communication Technology (ICT). Research shows that girls are tuning out to ICTs in school and they have a low participation rate in ICT related tertiary study and employment. The Tech Savvy report by the American Association of University Women (2000)…
Descriptors: Females, Information Technology, Disproportionate Representation, Computer Literacy
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Timms, Carolyn; Courtney, Lyn; Anderson, Neil – Australian Educational Computing, 2006
This 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). The two subjects are Information Processing Technology (IPT) and Information Technology Systems (ITS). Similar to trends in other western countries, the Queensland experience…
Descriptors: Females, Computers, Information Technology, Student Attitudes
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Watson, Glenice; Proctor, Romina M. J.; Finger, Glenn; Lang, Wayne – Australian Educational Computing, 2004
The importance of teacher education graduates having appropriate information and communication technology (ICT) for learning competencies and experiences is well documented. However, without well developed processes for auditing the ICT experiences of undergraduates it should not be assumed that teachers will enter their profession with the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Audits (Verification), Information Technology, Teacher Competency Testing