e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):7-15

Are Information and Communication Technologies a Male Domain?

Jana Fančovičová
PaedDr. Jana Fančovičová, PhD., Katedra biológie, Pedagogická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity, Priemyselná 4, 918 43 Trnava, fankaj@gmail.com

The report deals with the attitudes of university students - future biology teachers - towards using information - communication technology in education. We were interested if using ICT is a male domain. We found out that males are more interested in ICT than females.

Keywords: Information - communication technology, attitudes, students

Published: June 1, 2009  Show citation

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Fančovičová, J. (2009). Are Information and Communication Technologies a Male Domain? e-Pedagogium, 9(3), 7-15
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