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Opening the Minds of Upper Secondary School Students for Business Informatics: An Exploratory Study and an Outline for a Dedicated Teaching Program

In: Innovation Through Information Systems

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  • Carola Schauer

    (University Duisburg-Essen)

  • Hanno Schauer

    (Mons-Tabor-Gymnasium)

Abstract

Graduates of Business Informatics (BI) have excellent job perspectives. The ongoing digital transformation entails the fascinating opportunity for our students to participate in designing future organizations. At the same time, enrollment statistics for German universities indicate relatively low first-year-student numbers in BI bachelor’s degree programs. Personal experience additionally suggests that many first-year-students have no clear idea about BI and their future role in practice. Hence, we assume that the perception of BI by secondary schools students is already biased by substantial misconceptions. This paper intends to contribute to the debate on how to raise the awareness of upper secondary school students for study programs in BI. Based on an exploratory survey and practical experience through a case study teaching program employed by “school ambassadors”, we propose critical success factors for designing initiatives to disseminate a realistic and attractive image of BI and the professional perspectives it enables.

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  • Carola Schauer & Hanno Schauer, 2021. "Opening the Minds of Upper Secondary School Students for Business Informatics: An Exploratory Study and an Outline for a Dedicated Teaching Program," Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization, in: Frederik Ahlemann & Reinhard Schütte & Stefan Stieglitz (ed.), Innovation Through Information Systems, pages 477-491, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnichp:978-3-030-86790-4_32
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86790-4_32
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