Success Factors and Challenges of an Information Communication Technology Network in Rural Schools

Autor/in	Mihai, Maryke A.
Titel	Success Factors and Challenges of an Information Communication Technology Network in Rural Schools
Quelle	In: Africa Education Review, 14 (2017) 1, S.155-170 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-6627
DOI	10.1080/18146627.2016.1224569
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Computer Networks; Information Technology; Interviews; Rural Urban Differences; Program Descriptions; Educational Technology; Institutional Cooperation; Educational Improvement; Mathematics Instruction; Science Instruction; Disadvantaged Schools; Foreign Countries; Models; Case Studies; Qualitative Research; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Principals; Secondary School Students; Secondary School Teachers; Barriers; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Computernetz; Computernetze; Kommunikationsnetz; Informationstechnologie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Unterrichtsmedien; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ausland; Analogiemodell; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Qualitative Forschung; Lehrerverhalten; Principal; Schulleiter; Sekundarschüler; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In April 2008, an interactive information communication technology (ICT) network was established in Mpumalanga, South Africa. the network involved the implementation of SMART board interactive whiteboards (IWBs) and collaboration between a leading school and several disadvantaged schools. the main purpose of the Mpumalanga IWB project was to reach out to rural schools in the area in order to improve the teaching of Science and Mathematics for Grade 12 learners. the purpose of the research was also to determine the success factors contributing to the survival of the project as well as the challenges that the interviewees had to face. the project has been extremely successful in bridging the urban-rural divide and is a model for other schools to emulate. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01