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Subject: Re: Will laptops help curriculum be less biased?
Posted By: William L. Rukeyser
Date: February 25, 1999 at 18:52:58
In Response to: Will laptops help curriculum be less biased? - posted by Susan on February 22, 1999 at 14:26:11

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> As a classroom teacher in the early 1980s, I struggled to teach history from a multicultural perspective.
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> At the time, I found traditional textbooks frustrating to use as they always seemed to offer the narrow perspective of one group's interpretation of history.

> Will hyperlink and search capabilities help us teach subjects like history in a way that is less biased and more equitable?

Not automatically... and possibly not at all.
We will likely be struggling with the same issues we have today... just with a different medium.

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* Comments: > > > > > As a classroom teacher in the early 1980s, I struggled to teach history from a multicultural perspective. > > > > At the time, I found traditional textbooks frustrating to use as they always seemed to offer the narrow perspective of one group's interpretation of history. > > Will hyperlink and search capabilities help us teach subjects like history in a way that is less biased and more equitable? > > Not automatically... and possibly not at all. > We will likely be struggling with the same issues we have today... just with a different medium.