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Theory Into Practice

1998 Volume 37, Number 1

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Number of articles: 9

  1. Technology's Promises and Dangers in a Psychological and Educational Context

    Gavriel Salomon

    Explores two pedagogical aspects of the reciprocal relationship between the human psyche and current technology, describing how that interaction expands and constrains pedagogy and ultimately... More

    pp. 4-10

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  2. Technology and Multicultural Education: The Question of Convergence

    Suzanne K. Damarin

    Examines the potential for convergence of technology and multicultural education, identifying strategies for and barriers to developing common ground. The paper explains differences and oppositions... More

    pp. 11-19

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  3. Running to Catch a Moving Train: Schools and Information Technologies

    Henry Jay Becker

    Utilizing national data about the presence and use of educational computers, the paper explains that computer-based applications still play only modest roles in education. Schools face insufficient... More

    pp. 20-30

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  4. Information Technology and Physicality in Community, Place, and Presence

    Michael J. Streibel

    Raises several questions about information technology. After arguing for the importance of physical place and presence in how people construct meaning, form personal biographies and public... More

    pp. 31-37

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  5. Democracy and Computer Conferencing

    John Hollenbeck

    Discusses virtual online communities, probing claims about the Internet as a place for fostering democracy. The paper examines the democratic nature of computer conferencing in classrooms, focusing... More

    pp. 38-45

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  6. Crossing Borders and Talking Tech: Educational Challenges

    Gian S. Pagnucci

    In developing a college English course on reading and writing in the information age that would make use of the Internet and cyberspace-based science fiction, a professor encountered considerable... More

    pp. 46-53

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  7. Gender DiVisions Across Technology Advertisements and the WWW: Implications for Educational Equity

    Nancy Nelson Knupfer

    Examines images and patterns of gender stereotypes within mediated and electronic advertisements that reach students online or when viewing computer software and educational television and... More

    pp. 54-63

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  8. Concepts and Strategies Learned from Girls' Interactions with Computers

    Joan H. Hanor

    Data from observations, focus interviews, symbolic representation interviews, and student art provide an aesthetic framework for studying young girls' interactions with computers and examining what... More

    pp. 64-71

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  9. Can and Need Educational Technology Become a Postmodern Enterprise?

    Ann De Vaney

    Explores the field of educational technology as a modern project that has capitalized classrooms, highlighting efforts to reclaim the field for student interests; discussing how formation of the... More

    pp. 72-80

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