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Title The impact of the diffusion of ICTs into educational practices, how good or how bad? A review of the Namibian situation.
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1995/244
Date 2006
Author(s) Beukes-Amiss, Catherine Margaret; Chiware, E.R.T.
Abstract ICTs have been seen as the missing technologies in the development of Africa. However, over the last decade we have witnessed the deployment of ICTs into various sectors in Africa, including education. This paper aims to critically evaluate whether the impact of the diffusion of new technologies into educational practices, in developing countries, and in Namibia in particular, has brought about any meaningful changes, knowing that educational planners all over the world are forced in one way or another to use new technologies as part of educational practices. Moreover it examines with specific emphasis what is happening in Africa compared to where we are in Namibia, trying to answer the questions: Is diffusion of ICTs into educational practices something good or something bad? Is the educational system ready for such investments or just creating further digital divides between rich urban schools and poor rural schools? Particularly the paper follows a methodological style of critically reviewing existing literature, as well as all efforts by initiatives aiming toward diffusion of ICTs into Namibian schools and the role of government. It concludes highlighting some of the current debates of the impact of ICTs in developing countries, and the educational sector in particular.
Subject(s) Educational practice; Namibia; Information technology; Communication technology; ICT
Language en
Type of publication Article
Format 215028 bytes; application/pdf
Repository Windhoek - University of Namibia
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