The Role of ICT in Bridge-Building and Social Inclusion: Theory, Policy and Practice Issues

Autor/in	Austin, Roger
Titel	The Role of ICT in Bridge-Building and Social Inclusion: Theory, Policy and Practice Issues
Quelle	In: European Journal of Teacher Education, 29 (2006) 2, S.145-161 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-9768
Schlagwörter	Program Evaluation; Foreign Countries; Interpersonal Relationship; International Cooperation; Models; Internet; Special Needs Students; Professional Development; Social Integration; Information Technology; Ireland; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Ausland; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Analogiemodell; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Soziale Integration; Informationstechnologie; Irland
Abstract	This paper reports on the evaluation of a major programme which is using telecommunications to link teachers and pupils both across the political boundary between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and across the boundaries of "mainstream" schooling and those children in "special schools". The paper examines the "contact hypothesis" as a theoretical model for educational work supported by ICT and considers the impact of the programme on both teachers and students. It concludes that contact based on sustained curricular and social interaction has an effect on children's perceptions of each other. This effect is most marked when contact is between two schools, one on each side of the border. The author suggests that the management of the programme, based on a bi-lateral agreement between two government departments and a partnership between two universities with other key stakeholders, provides a model of international cooperation. (Contains 6 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10