ICTs and Empowerment of Children with Disabilities: A Jamaican Case Study

Morris, Floyd; Henderson, Anthea

doi:10.1108/s2050-206020160000012003

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“…This could be seen in terms of generational divide. It is a common belief is that the youth have greater capacity to understand and adapt to ICTs and the dynamics they generate, compared to older people, because ICTs are their technologies [35]. Older people view ICTs as unnecessary and even as a significant threat, that this technology generation gap could lead to intergenerational tensions.…”

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Rural Empowerment through Education: Case Study of a Learning Community Telecentre in Indonesia

Yasya¹

2020

IJMECS

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This research aims to investigate the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development and social change in a rural telecentre in Indonesia. It attempts to contribute to the literature of ICTs for development and social change, in the field of analysis of a community-driven ICTs initiative and the analysis of an Indonesian telecentre, two research areas that had not been extensively explored. A qualitative case study approach was chosen to reveal the how ICTs are used in community empowerment in the case of Qaryah Thayyibah Learning Community, a school with a telecentre that in founded, run and funded by the community of Kalibening Village in Central Java, Indonesia. Through the application of the stakeholder theory, significant findings related to impact of ICTs for social change of the Qaryah Thayyibah Learning Community were revealed. These findings include patterns of access and participation of stakeholders in relation to ICTs. While ICTs had impacted the students of Qaryah Thayyibah, its impact had not yet been significantly experienced for the wider community outside of the school. Another important finding that emerged from the stakeholder analysis is the influence and value of the local champion in the establishment and sustainability of the ICTs initiative. In conclusion, the findings suggest that education such as that practiced in the Qaryah Thayyibah Learning Community can contribute in achieving rural empowerment, although the process may be long and complex. As this is an exploratory study investigating unquantifiable intangible impacts, further research can focus more on these intangible impacts through different lenses such as culture, power dynamics and social relations.

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Rural Empowerment through Education: Case Study of a Learning Community Telecentre in Indonesia

Yasya¹

2020

IJMECS

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Prospects for employment of persons with disabilities in the post-covid-19 era in developing countries

Morris

2021

Disability & Society

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Preparing school leaders for social justice: An analysis of educational leadership preparation programs in Jamaica

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Black-Chen

2024

Equity in Education & Society

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The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which the curricula across three educational leadership preparation programs in Jamaica are addressing issues of social justice and social justice leadership in their preparation of aspiring school leaders. The methodological approach used was content analysis to determine the presence or absence of specific concepts within leadership preparation programs’ curricula. Increasingly, several scholars in education have been using this technique to explore how different concepts are addressed across leadership preparation programs. Findings revealed that the three leadership preparation programs gave minimal attention to preparing current and aspiring school leaders to engage in social justice leadership. Implications are offered for local policymakers and their reconceptualization of the job requirements of principals, leadership preparation programs, and faculty teaching in these programs.

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ICTs and Empowerment of Children with Disabilities: A Jamaican Case Study

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Rural Empowerment through Education: Case Study of a Learning Community Telecentre in Indonesia

Rural Empowerment through Education: Case Study of a Learning Community Telecentre in Indonesia

Prospects for employment of persons with disabilities in the post-covid-19 era in developing countries

Preparing school leaders for social justice: An analysis of educational leadership preparation programs in Jamaica

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