Children and the Internet: Experiments with Minimally Invasive Education in India.

Mitra, Sugata; Rana, Vivek

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ERIC Number: EJ626771

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Publication Date: 2001

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Children and the Internet: Experiments with Minimally Invasive Education in India.

Mitra, Sugata; Rana, Vivek

British Journal of Educational Technology, v32 n2 p221-32 Mar 2001

Describes a study that provided slum children in New Delhi (India) with unsupervised and unguided access to the Internet via an outdoor kiosk. Concludes that children seem to understand and use the technology fluently and that language and formal education do not seem to make any significant difference. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Computers, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Background, Foreign Countries, Internet

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: India

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