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Educating Digital Citizens Through Curricular Incorporation: A South African Solution to Information Poverty

Educating Digital Citizens Through Curricular Incorporation: A South African Solution to Information Poverty
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Author(s): Laetitia Cassells (University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa)and Nolwandle Nono Dlamini (University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 22
Source title: African Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3019-1.ch029

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Abstract

With the increased focus on e-education and closing the digital divide through access to ICT's in South Africa, foundation and secondary school curricula are increasingly becoming the location for ICT integration. There is however no overt focus on introducing digital wellness and digital citizenship education information into the curriculum, leaving students vulnerable in terms of information seeking, use, and production even with infrastructure access being available. This treats the problem of the digital divide in South Africa as a purely access-based issue, ignoring the influence of information poverty and digital citizenship on the digital divide. Through examining the existing curriculum this article attempts to suggest a possible integration of these topics within the existing curricular structure.

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