How can digital inclusion promote social change? Exploring two Brazilian case studies
Poveda, Sammia C., "How can digital inclusion promote social change? Exploring two Brazilian case studies" 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2016, Ann Arbor, 2016/06/03-06.
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Sub-type Conference paper Author Poveda, Sammia C. Title How can digital inclusion promote social change? Exploring two Brazilian case studies Event Series International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Publication Date 2016-06-03 Place of Publication Ann Arbor Publisher Association for Computing Machinery Pages 999 Title of Event 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2016 Date of Event 2016/06/03-06 Place of Event Ann Arbor Language eng Abstract This paper presents the results of a comparative analysis of two digital inclusion programs, one from a civil society organization called CDI and another from a government programme called Jovem.com, in Campinas, Brazil. While both organisations provided free Internet access and basic ICT skills courses, CDI used a methodology based on critical pedagogy and Jovem.com used an orthodox didactic approach. Findings show that students from both organisations gained technical skills and reported gains in self-confidence, which they were able to use to address their immediate practical needs. However, only CDI students gained critical abilities, such as self-reflection and critical thinking, which they were able to use to address more strategic interests. This research draws upon Amartya Sen's capability approach and Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy. Fieldwork used participatory methodology and mixed-qualitative methods such as interviews, questionnaires, participant observation and fieldnotes. This paper concludes that digital inclusion organisations should focus, first, on strengthening the students' critical abilities to understand the root causes of their disadvantage. Second, organisations should focus on supporting students to find ways to use ICT to tackle that disadvantage. UNBIS Thesaurus DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL CHANGEKeyword Critical pedagogy
ICT4D
Digital inclusion
Paulo Freire
Capability approachCopyright Holder Association for Computing Machinery Copyright Year 2016 Copyright type All rights reserved ISBN 9781450343060 DOI 10.1145/2909609.2909672 -
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