Social representations and uses of technologies of African high-school students

Social representations and uses of technologies of African high-school students

Author: 
Karsenti, Thierry
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis
Date published: 
2015
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Kouawo, Achille, jt. author
Journal Title: 
Africa Education Review
Source: 
Africa Education Review, Vol. 12, Issue No. 2, 2015, pp. 294-308
Abstract: 

This article examines social representations of information and communications technologies (ICT) in high school students in Niamey, Niger, and explores whether these representations are determined by training in and regular use of ICT. A sample of 50 students attending two lycées1 was studied. Only one lycée offered computer courses. The results of semi-directed interviews show that whether or not they took computer courses, the students developed social representations of ICT. These representations were associated with favourable attitudes toward computer and Internet use at school. The chi-square test hypothesis shows that students? social representations of ICT were not determined by training in ICT.

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CITATION: Karsenti, Thierry. Social representations and uses of technologies of African high-school students . : Taylor & Francis , 2015. Africa Education Review, Vol. 12, Issue No. 2, 2015, pp. 294-308 - Available at: https://library.au.int/social-representations-and-uses-technologies-african-high-school-students-1