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Emerging Technology Trends and Ethical Practices for the School Principal
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Garland, Virginia E. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2010
What is the school principal's role in ensuring ethical technology use while promoting the use of wireless and advanced technologies in instruction? The rapid advances in technology in only the past 5 years, including the increase in laptops and smart phones, have transformed both educational practices and the role of the school principal as…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Moral Issues, Student Diversity, Ethics
Social Software: New Opportunities for Challenging Social Inequalities in Learning?
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Hughes, Gwyneth – Learning, Media and Technology, 2009
Enthusiasts for new social software do not always acknowledge that belonging to e-learning communities depends upon complex and often unresolved identity issues for learners. Drawing on the author's previous research on belonging in social learning, the paper presents a theory of identity congruence in social learning and brings to the foreground…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Socialization, Self Concept, Learning Theories
The End of Affirmative Action in Washington State and Its Impact on the Transition from High School to College
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Brown, Susan K.; Hirschman, Charles – Sociology of Education, 2006
Changes in affirmative action policies in some states create possibilities for "natural experiments" to observe the effect of public policy on racial and ethnic inequality in American society. This study measured the impact of Initiative 200, a ballot measure that eliminated affirmative action in Washington State, on the transition from…
Descriptors: High Schools, Public Policy, Affirmative Action, Educational Policy