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The Digital Divide: Differences in Computer Use between Home and School in Low Socio-economic Households
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posted on 2003-01-01, 00:00 authored by Wendy Sutherland-SmithWendy Sutherland-Smith, I Snyder, L AngusThis article examines information and communication technologies(ICTs) practices in the home and school settings of four disadvantaged families. It reports the findings of a year-long study that investigated the nexus between computer-mediated literacy practices at home and at school and whether this inter-connectivity could make a difference in school success. The findings indicate that there was disjunction between home and school use. The ``digital divide'' exists for the families of this study, not in terms of access but in the gap between ICT practices at home and school. Schools in this study did not integrate ICT skills learned and demonstratedin the home environment into ICT practices at school. The study concludes that constructing pedagogical connections between home and school ICT practices may begin to bridge the ``digital divide''.
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L1 educational studies in language and literatureVolume
3Issue
1Pagination
5 - 19Publisher
Springer NetherlandsLocation
Dordrecht, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1567-6617eISSN
1573-1731Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2003, Kluwer Academic PublishersUsage metrics
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