Theory Into Practice
1998 Volume 37, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 9
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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