ERIC Number: EJ1118192
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
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Investigating Student Use of Technology for Engaged Citizenship in a Global Age
Maguth, Brad M.
Education Sciences, v2 p57-76 2012
This study undertook a five month qualitative investigation into technology use amongst twelve high school social studies students in two different sites in the Midwestern United States. This study examined students' use of technology and its relationship to three dimensions of citizenship in a global age: understand global events, issues, and perspectives, participate in global networks to communicate and collaborate with global audiences, and advocate on global problems and issues to think and act globally. Collecting data through semi-structured student interviews, online-threaded discussions and document analysis, I triangulated findings, and employed a qualitative approach. The study finds a relationship between student participants' use of technology and their serving as engaged citizenship in a global age. In using technology, students accessed international news and information, joined global networks to communicate and collaborate with global audiences, and produced digital content for international audiences.
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, High School Students, Social Studies, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Citizenship Education, Global Approach, Semi Structured Interviews, Computer Mediated Communication, Correlation, Networks, Interviews, Access to Information
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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