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标题：Sociotechnical Narratives in Rural, High-Poverty Elementary Schools: Comparative Findings from East Texas and South India
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作者：Erik Jon Byker
期刊名称：International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology
电子版ISSN：1814-0556
出版年度：2014
卷号：10
期号：2
页码：29-40
出版社：University of the West Indies
摘要：The article's purpose is to compare case studies of computer technology use at two rural elementary schools across two international settings. This study uses the Social Construction of Techn ology (SCOT) theory to guide this comparative investiga tion of how elementary school teachers and students in East Texas and South India construct meaning for computer technology . Building off of SCOT theory, the article also introduces the term, " sociotechnical narratives " as part of the analysis of the meaningful descriptions of ways that social groups use tools in relationship to their wider social context . The article found that even though the two settings, East Texas and Rural Karnataka, are about as far apart geographically as they are culturally, s imilar sociotechnical narrative emerged. The sociotechnical narrative includes: (1) A shared hope in the opportunity and possibilities with computer technology, (2) the development of literacy skills, and (3) similarity in knowledge tasks for the future. T he study's comparative research design provides greater depth in analyzing the meaning and uses for computer technology among students and teachers in rural, high - poverty areas across international contexts
关键词：Elementary S ; chooling; ICT; India; ; Poverty; Rural S ; chools; ; ; Sociotechnical N ; arratives ; ; ; Social Construction of Technology Theory (SCOT)