KUF Girls and ICT Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs

KUF Statistics  The situation in Norway  Girls lag behind in knowledge and user level  Boys know more about computer technology than girls  Fewer girls have access to a private computer than boys  Fewer girls than boys have access to the Internet  More boys are interested in ICT  Female students shun using ICT to a greater degree than male students  Only a small number of female students choose computer training, in spite of the fact that most students at universities and university colleges are women

KUF The foundation  Report to the Parliament number 24, 1993 ”On Information Technology in Education”  Action plan for ICT in education  Action plan for ICT in education  Measures  Projects

KUF Girls - the ICT-weak sex?  Internet - Girlnet?  Play corner  The writing room  Information market place  Program-workshop  Meeting place

KUF Projects and Measures  Girls in Primary and lower Secondary school  Girls in Upper Secondary school  Female students  Female teachers and student teachers  ”A click and you are hooked”  ”Women and Computers”

KUF Some ideas  Simple measures - great changes  Back-up the girls - it will also benefit the boys  Let the girls learn new things first  Let the girls do the things they like on their own terms  What is decisive for the learning potential is not technology, but Pedagogics and Didactics  Attitudes and motivation of teachers and pupils are decisive for the result  Further and Higher education of female teachers  Clear emphasis within leadership  Invite Trade and Industry to cooperate