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Book SynopsisHow does the digital divide affect the teaching and learning of historically underrepresented students?Many schools and programs in low-income neighborhoods lack access to the technological resources, including equipment and Internet service, that those in middle- and upper-income neighborhoods have at their fingertips. This inequity creates a persistent digital dividenot a simple divide in access to technology per se, but a divide in both formal and informal digital literacy that further marginalizes youths from low-income, minoritized, and first-generation communities. Diversifying Digital Learning outlines the pervasive problems that exist with ensuring digital equity and identifies successful strategies to tackle the issue. Bringing together top scholars to discuss how digital equity in education might become a key goal in American education, this book is structured to provide a framework for understanding how historically underrepresented students most effectively engage with te
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1. Mapping the Terrain, by William G. Tierney and Suneal Kolluri
2. Equitable Education for Democracy in the Digital Age, by Joseph Kahne, Christina Evans, Erica Hodgin, and Young Whan Choi
3. Computer Science for All, by Joanna Goode, Julie Flapan, and Jane Margolis
4. Facilitating Digital Access, by Zoë B. Corwin and Antar A. Tichavakunda
5. Reimagining STEM, by S. Craig Watkins
6. Diversifying Digital Clubhouses, by Amanda Ochsner
7. Supporting Youth to Envision Careers in Computer Science, by Crystle Martin
8. African American Youth Tumbling Toward Mental Health Support-Seeking and Positive Academic Outcomes, by Lynette Kvasny and Fay Cobb Payton
9. Black Student Lives Matter, by David J. Leonard and Safiya Umoja Noble
Conclusion, by Amanda Ochsner, Zoë B. Corwin, and William G. Tierney
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