General issue while teaching
&
Using computer
• Major issues ’under representation’ of girl
i.e. Their are far less girl than boys who
opted for computer science subject in the
high school
Reason
• Preconceived notions- ,boys are better at technical things,
‘girl must take up a career keeping in mind that they have
to raise family’,’ teaching is best career option for girl ‘, etc.
Have their impact in decision making of girl while taking up
subject
• Lack of interest- playing games (mostly boys – centric)
Increase boys interest in computer more over boys get to
play more on smart phone and computer (in India
scenario) and develop more interest in computer than
girls.
•Lack of motivation - Girls are
pressurised to choose a career option
which will give them work life
balance
•Lack of Role Models- Girls these
days see less of role models in the
field of 'Computer Science' whom
they can imitate. This also influence
girls psychologically and they infer
that 'Computer Science' is for boys
and do not take up the subject.
Possible solutions to remove this under representation:
• There should be more initiatives supported by government and
run by many tech-giants to encourage more girls to take up
'Computer Science' subject.
• . The film and TV censor board should ensure fair representation
of female role models in TV, Cinema etc. so that more girls get
encouraged to take up 'Computer Science’.
• In practical labs, girls should be encouraged more to work on
computers on their own. They shouldbe encouraged to celebrate
small success in the lab (successfully executing a program) to big
success (such as completing a project within time).
Disability Issues while Teaching
and using computers
• In order to provide conducive study environment for
students with disabilities in the field of technology,
the emphasis has been given to 'Inclusive Education'
and 'Promotion of Accessibility’.
• But still there are some challenges which needs to be
addressed:
Unavailability of Teaching Materials/Aids
• Students with different disabilities need different types of
teaching aids/materials.e.g. visually challenged students
would want there are screen readers that could read the
digital content to them; also programming lessons should
not involve visual inputs.
• Similarly, hearing impaired students would want more of
visual input than oratory, rather oratoryinstructions
should be available in sign language, if possible.
• For most students with locomotor disabilities, virtual
keyboard is required for writing programs. Forsuch
virtual keyboard, a sophisticated virtual keyboard
hardware is required.
• Unavailability of such supportive programming aids
and software are a big issue that must be handledby
schools and their managements.
Lack of Special Teachers
• For different types of special needs, if special needs
teachers are available, disabled students get
theirneeds addressed in right manner.
• There should be teachers who know what types of
hardware, software, tools etc. can be used for the
differently able students as per their specific needs,
e.g. special types of specialized hardware suchas
Braille keyboards, monitors, printers, synthetic
speech generators etc.
Lack of Supporting
Curriculum
• Curriculum should be designed while keeping focus
on inclusive education.
• There always should be possible alternatives
keeping in mind special needs of the students.
• software and programs should be so used so that
the disabled students can easily work on that.
Possible Solutions
• Schools must work toward making available the
required teaching aids/materials to fulfil special
needsof students with disabilities.
• There should be proper budget allocated for
buying the required material and equipment to
promote inclusive education.
• School must employ special needs teachers and
should also train other teachers as well about how
tointeract with students with special needs.
• School must support the inclusive curriculum and
refrain from any other practice thatindirectly puts
the disabled students at the disadvantaged
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students at the disadvantaged side
• School must Encourage and teach the use of
software, such as Microsoft Cortana and Narrator
which blind people can use for a variety of
essential tasks. Blinux(special version of Linux),
especially meant forthe blind.
