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Peer reviewedAgalionos, Angelos; Cope, Peter – Journal of Education Policy, 1994
A content analysis of 21 elementary and secondary software programs reveals the nonneutrality of educational software. The software is heavily biased and exposes pupils to dominant explanations, values, beliefs, assumptions, and ideologies that are projected as objective and legitimate. Content-specific software is deeply enmeshed in cultural…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Bias, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
