Bytes and Bias: Eliminating Cultural Stereotypes from Educational Software.

Miller-Lachmann, Lyn

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ERIC Number: EJ493321

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Publication Date: 1994

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Bytes and Bias: Eliminating Cultural Stereotypes from Educational Software.

Miller-Lachmann, Lyn

School Library Journal, v40 n11 p26-30 Nov 1994

Presents a 10-point checklist for choosing children's educational software that is free of cultural bias. Each point is illustrated with examples drawn from currently available software. A sidebar lists 25 educational software programs in the areas of social studies, ecology, math and logic, and language arts from which examples were drawn. (three references) (KRN)

Descriptors: Characterization, Check Lists, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware, Cultural Differences, Documentation, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Multicultural Education, Optical Data Disks, Perspective Taking, Social Bias, Stereotypes

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Book/Product Reviews; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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