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Title:
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THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE: A COMPARISON OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE FINDINGS OF THE SITES 2006 |
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Author(s):
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Seugnet Blignaut , Christo Els |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-82-9 |
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Editors:
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Gunilla Bradley and Piet Kommers |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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SITES 2006; developing context; survey study; computer literacy; comparative study; teacher professional development |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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67 |
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Last Page:
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74 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper reports on a secondary data analysis of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational
Achievements (IEA) Second International Information Technology in Education study (SITES 2006) cross-sectional
comparison of how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) change teaching and learning practices in
secondary schools worldwide in the 21st century. South Africa and Chile were the only southern hemisphere countries
that participated in the study, along with twenty other countries from the Northern hemisphere. In spite of a successful
data collection, ensuring that South Africa, for the first time in a SITES study, achieved the statistical criteria and
appeared in the main tables of the international report, the percentage frequencies indicate sizeable differences between
the two southern hemisphere countries, as well as between the northern hemisphere countries in terms of achievement of
ICT integration into schools. Although this secondary data analysis, using Cramers effect size, indicates that many
differences are not of practical significance, South Africa lags behind in many aspects. This paper focuses on the
discrepancies found in integration of ICTs in classrooms, provision of ICT support, and teacher professional training. |
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