International Advances in Education: Global Initiatives for Equity
and Social Justice is an international research monograph series of
scholarly works that focuses primarily on empowering children,
adolescents, and young adults from diverse educational,
socio-cultural, linguistic, religious, racial, ethnic, and
socio-economic settings to become non-exploited/ non-exploitive
contributing members of the global community. The series draws on
the international community of investigators, academics, and
community organizers that have contributed to the evidence base for
developing sound educational policies, practices, and innovative
programs to optimize the potential of all students. Each themed
volume includes multi-disciplinary theory, research, and practice
that provides an enriched understanding of the drivers of human
potential via education to assist readers in exploring, adapting
and replicating innovative strategies that enable ALL students to
realize their full potential. Among these strategies are the
integration of digital technologies (DT) and information and
communication technologies (ICT) into contemporary education
platforms. However, technology must be more than just a tool to
deliver content and stimulate engagement; it must become a means to
broaden access to learning, advance equity, promote social justice,
and encourage social inclusion. Especially reaching out to address
the academic and social needs of rural, impoverished, marginalized,
and displaced populations. Though the digital divide continues to
hinder educational attainment for underprivileged populations, ICTs
are providing significant opportunities to deliver literacy and
basic skills instruction to disadvantaged segments of the global
population as well as engage, motivate, and customize learning to
address local needs. Nonetheless, the availability of ICT is not a
deterministic process. Other societal, cultural, political and
contextual factors are of fundamental importance to acceptance and
integration that enables people to benefit from technology. The
relationship between educational access, instructional delivery,
and ICT should be considered in more complex terms. In particular,
digital technologies should be viewed as instructional tools that
improve access to educational opportunities, strengthen cultural
resources, promote social and economic equity, and provide students
with the knowledge and competencies to prepare them for a future
that cannot be predicted. Therefore, developing ICT and media
capabilities that instill citizenship and stewardship in today's
students is crucial to gleaning the social and the cultural
advantages of a contemporary global society that encourages full
and equal citizenship. personality of children to the community of
solidarity and shared norms. The second understanding of
citizenship complements the `roots' with `roads', with the choices
made by the individual, with the capacity to form and develop the
child's personality into the actor and author of his/her
educational, professional, and life projects. The adolescent
prepares to become an active, committed, and engaged citizen with
the intellectual capacity for critical thinking that leads to
responsible actions. Digital citizenship expresses the
transformations of both belonging to and engaging in the
information society and contributes to the development of
generation "Y" with the aspiration to innovate and experiment, to
explore the possibilities of the new digital world, to question
authorities and instances of knowledge and power. Education
addresses digital citzenship by opening more avenues for the
intersection of Internet, imagination, and exploration. Volume 10,
E-learning and Social Media: Education and Citizenship for the
digital 21st century addresses the use of technology in: developing
and expanding educational delivery systems to reach rural
populations, providing access to equitable education opportunities
for disadvantaged and marginalized populations, and encouraging
student civic engagement. The volume evaluates e-learning programs
(distributed through the internet, via satellite and hosted on
social media) that promote equitable education for disadvantaged
populations; examines the challenge and benefits of social media on
student self-identity collaboration, and academic engagement;
shares promising practices associated with technology in education
an e-citizenship in the 21st century, and advances the discussion
on blending global citizenship education and social media that
raises student awareness, accountability and social justice
involvement.
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