Technology‐loving Luddites? Declining participation in high school computing studies in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11166456 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Reid (0000-0003-0332-8047) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 289-302 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01425690902812562 |
| OpenAlex | W2003917083 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
The research discussed in this article is based on an Australian Research Council‐funded study carried out over three years (2005–2007) in three states 1 1. New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia in Australia. The study sought to understand students’ experiences and decisions at secondary school to ascertain why few girls choose to enter tertiary‐level Communication and Information Technology (CIT) courses, and what strategies could be implemented in schools to remedy this problem. The results suggest that while boys still tend to dominate the higher levels of CIT subjects in Australian high schools across the three states, there was also a general decline in participation at all levels. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data, the article examines patterns and explanations regarding the nature of participation in CIT subjects. The article develops a Luddite analysis in order to understand the strong rejection of this area of study in the three Australian states
Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Information and Communications Technology · Media studies · Order (exchange · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Literacy, Media, and Education · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Essays on the sociology of knowledge.
The Long Revolution
Access to Power
Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education
Youth and society
Theory and methodology in researching emotions in education
Emotions in a Rational Profession
Learning transformation with technology
Enchanting a disenchanted child
Gendered capital
Class in a Capitalist Society
An invitation to reflexive sociology
An Invitation of Reflexive Sociology
Towards a Reflexive Sociology
Social Space and Symbolic Power
Cyborgs @ Cyberspace
It's for the Rest of Your Life
Negotiating Social Change
Losing our cool
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |