Introducing computers in Indian schools
Institutional resistances and the making of a digital divide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21785428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | V Kalyan Shankar (Symbiosis International University, corresponding author), Rohini Sahni (0000-0001-6617-8571, Savitribai Phule Pune University), Krishna Kanta Roy (0000-0002-5160-466X, Symbiosis International University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-48 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Learning Media and Technology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1743-9884 • E-ISSN: 1743-9892 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17439884.2023.2233898 |
| OpenAlex | W4383681851 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
The introduction of computers in Indian schools runs parallel with the development of a digital divide in the country. In addition to the formal ways in which government policies shape access to computers in schools, deeper informal cultures of the state and schools shape opinion about these technologies. In this paper, we examine three levels of these informal cultures: political cultures and their perceptions of technology; bureaucratic cultures, which are distanced from schooling realities; and classroom teaching-learning practices, where digital inequalities add to pre-existing educational inequalities. For examining the interplay of the informal cultures, we scale down from the national level to examine the case of West Bengal, a state in eastern India. The state has been one of the strongholds of Left politics in India. Drawing upon its experiences, we explore the linkage between political ideology and the social embedding of resistance to computers
Bureaucracy · Digital divide · Economic growth · Economics · Ideology · Inequality · Information and Communications Technology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · ICT Impact and Policies · ICT in Developing Communities · Law · Mathematics · Political theory and Gramsci
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User Acceptance of Computer Technology
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
Historical institutionalism
Mediating the microcomputer
The Technological Indian
Shadow education
Abolishing English in schools
Elements of a Theory of Human Rights
The New Institutional Economics
Economic Reforms in India Since 1991
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |