The Non-Neutrality of Educational Computer Software.

Biraimah, Karen

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ERIC Number: EJ472967

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Publication Date: 1993

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The Non-Neutrality of Educational Computer Software.

Biraimah, Karen

Computers and Education, v20 n4 p283-90 Jun 1993

Discusses bias in educational computer software by using examples of database programs to illustrate their cultural selection and amplification functions. Forms of knowledge control are examined, and results of a study that analyzed how gender, ethnicity, and the global perspective are portrayed in educational computer software are reported. (Contains 16 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Bias, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity, Global Approach, Sex Bias, Tables (Data)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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