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Influencing the Influencers: The Role of Mothers in IT Career Choices
- Source :
- Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, Vol 15, Pp 181-194 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informing Science Institute, 2016.
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Abstract
- This paper reports on the outcomes from a pilot study targeted at mothers of school children in Melbourne, Australia. The aim of the study was to engender a positive view of technology in the participants and to introduce the concept of Information Technology (IT) as a potential career. Mothers were given the opportunity to develop basic IT skills and learn about different IT career pathways for their children with an emphasis on their daughters’ choices. Mothers were offered an evening course over a four week period that was designed to introduce them to a range of social media and Web 2.0 tools. Their opinions were documented using both questionnaires and informal discussions. It explored whether their attitudes towards IT can be changed by up-skilling and introducing them to the technologies their children commonly use. The findings of the pilot study suggest that addressing this demographic has the potential to make the participants question their pre-conceptions about IT careers for women.
- Subjects :
- parental influences
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education
information technology professionals
02 engineering and technology
lcsh:Technology
lcsh:Education (General)
Technological literacy
Education
020204 information systems
lcsh:Technology (General)
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Computer Science (miscellaneous)
lcsh:Industrial engineering. Management engineering
Social media
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lcsh:T
lcsh:Information technology
business.industry
05 social sciences
Parent education
050301 education
Information technology
Public relations
Focus group
Influencer marketing
mothers
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Attitude change
gender and IT
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lcsh:L7-991
business
Psychology
0503 education
Social psychology
Career choice
lcsh:Education
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 2165316X and 21653151
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a7c5391311e1026454f7f6ae56f71d4b