IT's for Girls--or Is It?.

Ordidge, Irene

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Publication Date: 1997

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IT's for Girls--or Is It?

Ordidge, Irene

Education + Training, v39 n1 p30-35 1997

In the United Kingdom, only 22% of all information technology (IT) workers and only 4% of all IT managers are women. Initiatives to attract females to IT careers include exposure to computer-based activities at an early age through the National Curriculum. (SK)

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Change Strategies, Employment Patterns, Females, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Occupational Aspiration, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Reports - General; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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