Gender Gap in Technology across the Globe

A study carried by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), published by the University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands. The study is about the use of computers in 21 countries to examine the involvement of women in the implementation and use of computers in the educational practice of elementary, lower secondary and upper secondary education in participating countries. The results showed that in many countries computer use in schools is dominated by men. The study only mentioned the reason is that Female teachers have less regard for their skills and knowledge than their male colleagues have for their own skills and knowledge. In all countries (except for the French-speaking countries) less than half of the schools had a special policy for the promotion of equal opportunities for boys and girls with regard to computer use. This policy consists of retraining female teachers to become computer science teachers. Accordingly, the technology gap is not only spreading among gender but there is a gap among Countries ( most developed X least developed), race ( minority X majority), social economic status ( rich X poor) and locations( Urban X Rural). In addition to that the culture and traditions as you will see in this link about Africa, exactly, Northern Ghana. The girls are left behind in education due to cultural barriers and traditions. The main jobs and responsibilities of females are to do home duties, such as taking care of young children, washing, cleaning and cooking. Please watch this video; it is very interesting and gives you more information about inequities in education. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qHpx2qRso&feature=related . University of Michigan relates the gender gap in technology to preferences in learning styles and formats, to attitudes towards a computer. Read more about gender equity Fromm this link: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/356.dovzan/home.



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