Gender differences regarding ICT. Teachers' attitudes towards ICT

Dado que las TIC son extremadamente beneficiosas dentro y fuera del contexto escolar, y es escasa la información que existe sobre por qué las estudiantes tienden a estar por detrás de sus homólogos masculinos en cuanto a su uso, este artículo analiza el rol del profesorado de secundaria, quienes, en numerosas ocasiones, promueven y mantienen los estereotipos asociados a las diferencias de género, y cuyo comportamiento (consciente o inconscientemente) sitúa a las adolescentes en un segundo plano en cuanto a las TIC se refiere.Since ICT are extremely advantageous in and out of the school context and very little is known about the reasons why female students seem to be backward if compared with their male counterparts and missing many of these technological benefits; this review analyses what the scientific literature produces regarding the role of secondary teachers who, in many occasions, act as developers and maintainers of many of these gender differences and stereotypes, and whose behavior towards students –consciously or unconsciously- places girls in a second position when it comes to ICT