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Direct linkByker, Erik Jon – Policy Futures in Education, 2015
Although controversial, perhaps no piece of legislation has the potential to transform India's future more than the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE). Upon the passage and enforcement of RTE in 2009, the Indian government instituted a series of wide-ranging reforms to India's education system. For example, the act…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Schools, Case Studies, Educational Change
Download full textHanemann, Ulrike, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2014
Different technologies have been used for decades to support adult education and learning. These include radio, television and audio and video cassettes. More recently digital ICTs such as computers, tablets, e-books, and mobile technology have spread at great speed and also found their way into the teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Videoconferencing
Byker, Erik J. – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2014
The article's purpose is to compare case studies of computer technology use at two rural elementary schools across two international settings. This study uses the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) theory to guide this comparative investigation of how elementary school teachers and students in East Texas and South India construct meaning for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Elementary Schools, Rural Schools
The Bangalore Challenge: Case Studies of the Social Construction of Technology in Elementary Schools
Byker, Erik Jon – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As India aspires to become the information and communication technology (ICT) leader in the world, the education of its children is a primary concern. While India's policymakers expect ICT to usher in promising education changes, there is a limited understanding of how computers are used and negotiated in India's schools. This dissertation is an…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Educational Technology
Reddi, Usha V., Ed.; Mishra, Sanjaya, Ed. – Commonwealth of Learning, 2005
This is the first book to survey the region's use of educational media and summarise the experiences of different Commonwealth Asian countries in one collection. It includes a review of the key issues, country studies, research reviews and several case studies on harnessing technologies for distance-learning initiatives. The book is designed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Profiles
Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2010
The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2009 proceedings, see ED504973.]
Descriptors: Social Studies, Proverbs, Social Justice, Global Approach
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This document contains 39 papers and 13 poster presentations from a conference on technological education and national development. The following are among the papers included: "The Future of Technological Education and Vocational Education: UNESCO's (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's) Perspective" (Adnan…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Case Studies, Change Strategies
