Children and the Internet: experiments with minimally invasive education in India

被引：68

作者：

Mitra, S ^{[1
]}

Rana, V ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NIndian Inst Technol Ltd, Ctr Res Cognit Syst, New Delhi 110016, India

来源：

BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY | 2001年 / 32卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1111/1467-8535.00192

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

Urban children all over the world seem to acquire computing skills without adult intervention. Indeed this form of self-instruction has produced hackers-children who can penetrate high tech security systems. Is this kind of learning dependent only on the availability of technology? We provided slum children in New Delhi with Internet access in their settlement. The paper describes the results obtained in the first month of unsupervised and unguided access. It is observed that children seem to understand and use the technology fluently. Language and formal education do not seem to make any significant difference.

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