ERIC Number: EJ723706
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 25
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Overcoming the Challenges of Stand-Alone Multicultural Courses: The Possibilities of Technology Integration
Brown, Elinor L.
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, v12 n4 p535-559 2004
The enclosed manuscript discusses the challenges (student resistance, institutional time constraints, course isolation) of a successful conventional stand-alone multicultural course and describes how these challenges were overcome with the incorporation of technology into the instruction and assessment process. The article describes how technology: extended student/student and student/instructor interaction, sustained post-class peer support, augmented student/expert dialogue, and linked content and foundations curricula with multicultural pedagogy. The infusion of technology also created a paperless system for future research, a productive tool to monitor student preclass preparation and comprehension, a vehicle for individual and small group debriefings, and an efficient method to evaluate, modify, and manage instruction.
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Multicultural Education, Technology Uses in Education, Instruction, Evaluation, Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Interpersonal Communication
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, P.O. Box 1545, Chesapeake, VA 23327-1545. Tel: 757-366-5606.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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