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Equity and Technology
Donnor, Jamel K.
Donnor, Jamel K.
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"Technology has always occupied an important space within the American education system. Serving mainly as an instructional aid for the teacher, technology has varied in form beginning with the blackboard (and textbook) to more advance devices such as the radio, film, television, and videotape recorder (VCR). The introduction of technology to schools in many ways is part of the discussion on the purpose of education. Debates on the purpose of education have varied from socializing students to the cultural values of American society by emphasizing the precepts of democracy (e.g., citizenship); preparation for the workforce; to the development of a "deep understanding of the political, racial, economic, scientific and technological realities that confront the survival" of students of color (Madhubuti 1998, 5). In other words, whatever the purpose of education, technology has served as a mechanism to convey it..."
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2005-08-31
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M. E. Sharpe
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