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Social Informatics in Education: Societal Cultures Versus Educational Technologies (2015)

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Science and society Educational technology Education Technology and society 21st century Saudi Arabia Israel

This article lies at the crossroads of education, technology, and culture, examining the assumption that societal cultures can exert influence on educational technologies. It is informed by a hypothesis that educational technology is not merely a matter of education and technology alone but is also about the societal culture wherein that educational technology is implemented. The study explores those societally and culturally informed factors that promote the rejection of educational technologies. It answers the research question: To what extent do societal cultures challenge educational technologies? This question is addressed by carrying out a quantitative enquiry into Israel and Saudi Arabia. Having analyzed the collected data using an exploratory factor analysis, societally and culturally directed factors were revealed that flew in the face of educational technologies. The theoretical proposition that could be drawn from this is that educational technologies can be rejected not based on educational or technological interests alone but rather based on societally and culturally promoted anxieties. The recommendation for research policy is thus that, when researching an educational technology, there should be constant consideration of how societally and culturally compatible it is with the wider societal culture wherein it will be or already is situated.

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Authors & Contributors
Willcox, Karen E.
Miller, Haynes R.
Anderson, David Leech
Butrica, Andrew J.
Golan, Tal
Hamblin, Jacob Darwin
Journals
The Bridge: Journal of the National Academy of Engineering
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Environment and History
History and Technology
Humanities and Technology Review
Publishers
IEEE
MIT Press
Oxford University Press
University of Massachusetts Press
Madrid OEI, Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura
Concepts
Education
Educational technology
Technology and society
Computers and computing
Science and society
Technology
People
Eisenhower, Dwight David
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
Israel
United States
India
Saudi Arabia
Berlin (Germany)
Iran
Institutions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
India Space Research Organization (ISRO)
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