Programmieren, Mathe und ein bisschen Hardware ... Wen lockt dies Bild der Informatik?

Maaß, Susanne; Wiesner, Heike

doi:10.1007/s00287-006-0059-y

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“…It remained unclear how exactly the socialization processes in family, school, vocational training and studies run their course, keeping young women in Germany away from the computer science professions (Ebach, 1994; Schinzel and Ruiz Ben, 2004; Maaß and Wiesner, 2006; Ehrke et al, 2011). Two decades of research culminated in compendiums with more than 30 differentiated recommendations for gender-appropriate higher education (Ihsen et al, 2017; Resch et al, 2017).…”

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Pipped at the Post: Knowledge Gaps and Expected Low Parental IT Competence Ratings Affect Young Women’s Awakening Interest in Professional Careers in Information Science

Schorr

2019

Front. Psychol.

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Although many jobs in today's information science allow favorable work-life-schedules for women, they still hesitate to enter this territory. In a study based on individual interviews with N = 134 students aged 14-18 years, who visited the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, we collected data on the students' socialization in information and communication technology (ICT), on their self-rated ICT competence, their working knowledge of ICT professions, and their reaction to sexist statements. To analyze more in depth, we provided the participants with two alternative forms of vocational counseling interventions designed to modify their ICT-related attitudes (information vs. robotics condition). Analyses of variance and multiple linear regressions were administered to the data. Results: The girls in this study were socialized more than one year after the boys in using computers. While the boys received their ICT training mostly through their fathers and peers, the girls frequently had to rely on their teachers for ICT instruction. The girls rate their ICT competence lower than the boys; nevertheless, both genders share a relatively high interest in ICT professions. What's more, the girls are less convinced that men have a natural talent for computer science. Openness toward taking up jobs in the ICT industry in the case of the boys is less determined by their self-rated computer competence and the perceived ICT talent assessment by their parents. In both intervention conditions, they eagerly received and processed the new information provided. The girls' interest in an ICT career largely depends on preconditions, namely on their self-rated ICT competence, on a longstanding enthusiasm for computers, and on what they perceive their parents think about their ICT talents. Unlike the more pragmatic approach of the boys, their self-doubts, especially among the academic high school girls brings about that they are still in danger

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