We know that teachers’ identities and their ideological assumptions of teaching learning mathematics are critical in influencing thinking about classroom practices. To better understand prospective identity during teacher education, this study investigates how two participants negotiate within the different ideologies they experience education program. This takes position understood terms narra...

After the evaluation of numerous technology integration programs in school districts and universities, it is recognized that the existence of technology does not guarantee its utilization in the classroom environment. Although many models and theories have tried to explain the contributing factors in technology acceptance, most of the models and theories have focused on technology-related facto...

The BBC microcomputer was one of several nationally produced which were superseded by the International Business Machines (IBM) Personal Computer (PC). This reflected the results of both an international market competition and rivalry between different US processor manufacturers. Along with the hardware, valuable software and supporting educational ideologies were discarded. As we make choices ...

The design of educational technologies involves making decisions based in cultural assumptions and ideologies, and student learning may be improved when these design choices are made intentionally with the students’ own cultural context in mind. Despite this, the classroom systems in which these technologies are deployed have their own culturally-based contexts which are often at odds with the ...

The current research examines the extent to which individuals endorse “sexblind” versus “sexaware” ideologies. Analogous to colorblind and multicultural ideologies, sexblindness involves ignoring sex categorization when perceiving others, and sexawareness involves recognizing and celebrating sex differences. Results revealed that participants endorsed sexblindness more (and, thus, sexawareness ...

Culturally sensitive educational technologies may be able to help improve underrepresented students’ learning and engagement when they are deployed in the classroom. However, there may be challenges integrating these systems into the classroom when the cultural components they incorporate are heavily stigmatized in contemporary society. In this on-going work, we are using an action research app...

From a linguistic perspective the development of orthography for a language is often taken as a scientific endeavor involving the adoption of a set of graphic conventions for mapping the phonemic system of a language. In this paper I unpack how orthography development and use is necessarily wrapped up in sociopolitical debates. Approaching orthography graphically, I demonstrate how spelling its...

This study examines the effects of two interethnic ideologies (assimilation and multiculturalism) on in-group favoritism and discrimination intention toward immigrants. Specifically, this study aims to test the concomitant impact of these two ideologies on intergroup biases in order to affirm whether these two paths are related to intergroup bias. Moreover, this study is designed to extend prev...