Knowledge Map : Equity Issues - Gender, Special Needs and Marginalized Groups
Equity issues are critical and acute. It is clear that there are critical equity issues related to the uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in education. There is a real danger that uses of ICTs can further marginalize groups a...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/10060722/knowledge-map-equity-issues-gender-special-needs-marginalized-groups http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10758 |
| Summary: | Equity issues are critical and acute. It
is clear that there are critical equity issues related to
the uses of information and communication technologies
(ICTs) in education. There is a real danger that uses of
ICTs can further marginalize groups already excluded or
marginalized from existing educational practices and
environments. Solid documentation from Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.
There is a richly documented history of what works and what
doesn't related to the uses of ICTs to assist in the
education of students with a variety of disabilities, both
cognitive and physical based on OECD experience. Certain
applications of ICTs have been shown to have positive and
important effects on the educational development of students
exhibiting a great variety of special needs (including
blind, deaf, and learning disabled students). While ample
evidence exists that ICT use can have a positive impact on
student motivation, such gains in motivation tend to
correlate most closely with students who are already the
most academically motivated and highest achievers. |
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