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This paper addresses the issue of gender stereotyping in relation to computers and computer based subjects found in Australian school students. The results reported here form part of an ongoing study into a range of computer access, attitude, and usage issues in relation to gender. This paper reports the stereotype views on computers and computer related activities of 200 school students aged from 9 to 18. The data were collected using an instrument specifically developed for the study. The results were analyzed and applied to a causal model. The study generally found that computing was perceived as a male domain. However this was not consistent across the age groups under consideration. The developed causal model highlights the complexity of the variables affecting stereotyping, and specifically identifies ‘modelling’ and’ subject association’ as having a direct relationship with the sextyping of computer activities.
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Preston, G.D. (1995). The effects of age on gender stereotyping of computing. In: Tinsley, J.D., van Weert, T.J. (eds) World Conference on Computers in Education VI. WCCE 1995. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34844-5_26
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