Insisting on digital equity: Reframing the dominant discourse on multicultural education and technology

Urban Education

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-364

  Gorski, Paul C ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Digital divide; Digital equity; Gender; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749114322     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085908318712     Document Type: Article

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