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Users and non-users of next generation broadband [PDF]

This paper explores the contexts and motivations that underpin the uptake of Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN). The findings are drawn from a mixed-methods research study of households using surveys and interviews conducted in 2011 and 2012 in
Bjorn Nansen, Martin Gibbs, Michael Arnold, Rowan Wilken   +3 more
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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
wiley   +1 more source

‘Sometimes, I would look at my books and cry because I felt like I was left behind’: Understanding the learning of Indigenous girls during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the districts of Chongwe and Solwezi in Zambia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah, Leigh Jarvis, Ane Turner Johnson, Chidi Ezegwu, Priscillah Nsama, Austine Nakanga   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

11th International Communication Days / Digital Inequality and Data Colonialism Symposium Evaluation

Etkileşim
In the digital age, while technological advancements offer numerous benefits, they also bring challenges that must be addressed, one of the most critical being digital inequality.
Yezdan ÇELEBİ
doaj   +1 more source

Publicly funded private schools and academic achievement: A comparative analysis of PISA data in European countries

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper analyses differences in academic achievement associated with attendance at publicly funded private schools and public schools across 11 European countries. Using eight waves of PISA data (2000–2022), we apply OLS, IPW and IPWRA estimators to account for observed heterogeneity and mitigate selection bias.
Priya Maurya, Léonard Moulin, Denis Fougère   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Poverty as a New Form of Inequality

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
The most important feature of the global world is easily delivered products, services and information to all societies in an international context by crossing national borders.
Mira Assadi
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors of authorised, unauthorised and persistent absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the factors associated with persistent absenteeism (an absence rate of 10% or higher) and authorised and unauthorised absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland. Using linked administrative data, the analysis focuses on secondary school stages S1–S6 in three academic years.
Silvia Behrens, Morag Treanor, Patricio Troncoso, Bethany Lee‐Shield, Emma Russell, Lee Williamson, Cecilia Macintyre   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Communication for Displaced Populations| Digital Inequality and Resilience in Humanitarian Refugee Organizations

International Journal of Communication
We explore resilience and digital inequality within refugee-oriented humanitarian organizations during COVID-19. Interview data show that individual and organizational digital inequality are interdependent and that ICTs can serve as both facilitators and
Minkyung Kim, Marya L. Doerfel
doaj  

Validation of the ABL + DT model: An ecosystemic framework for integrating arts and digital technologies in primary education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Primary education teachers face increasing challenges in engaging diverse learners and fostering creativity, digital competence and other transversal skills, often lacking clear, practical guidance for integrating these skills into their classrooms.
Nella Escala, Montse Guitert, Teresa Romeu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Health Inequality to Digital Health Inequality: A Health Shift in the Digital Age

Yixue yu zhexue
Digital health inequality not only stems from the backwardness of health concepts, but also lies in the deep embedding of technological logic in social relations, as well as the erosion of medical health by the mutual embedding of capital and technology.
Yuchen ZHONG, Ruipeng LEI
doaj   +1 more source