Thesis
Students get IT: assessing the longitudinal impacts of cognitive load theory designed robotics workshops on students’ attitudes towards programming in Australia
Southern Cross University
Master of Business (MBus), Southern Cross University
2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25918/thesis.94
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Abstract
Australia is facing a shortfall in the number of appropriately skilled ICT workers needed for Australia’s future workforce. One avenue to address this issue is for universities and stakeholders to conduct initiatives to attract prospective students to ICT courses, by building self-efficacy and positive attitudes towards ICT careers. Previous gender-focused interventions have reported immediate positive effects in female students’ attitudes and confidence towards IT. There have been, however, no longer-term measures of the longitudinal changes of both male and female students’ attitudes and self-efficacy towards IT from such interventions. This research sought to investigate and compare the longitudinal effects of three different levels of interventions for IT upon primary school-aged students’ attitudes and self-efficacy towards computer programming and their interest to pursue programming.
Details
- Title
- Students get IT: assessing the longitudinal impacts of cognitive load theory designed robotics workshops on students’ attitudes towards programming in Australia
- Creators
- Adam John Fletcher
- Contributors
- Raina Anne Mason (Supervisor) - Southern Cross UniversityGraham Cooper (Supervisor) - Southern Cross UniversityBruce Armstrong (Supervisor) - Southern Cross University
- Awarding Institution
- Southern Cross University; Master of Business (MBus)
- Theses
- Master of Business (MBus), Southern Cross University
- Publisher
- Southern Cross University
- Number of pages
- 288
- Identifiers
- 991012904000402368
- Copyright
- © Adam J. Fletcher 2020
- Academic Unit
- Information Technology; School of Business and Tourism; Faculty of Science and Engineering; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Resource Type
- Thesis