A discussion of ict integration within developed and developing world context from critical perspectives

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to understand and reflect the effect of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) integration into society and schools especially to teacher education programs within two domains of the developed and under developing world throughout multicultural education, critical theory, and critical pedagogy. Based on the literature; multicultural education, critical theory, and critical pedagogy were briefly discussed. Then, from these perspectives ICT integration in developed countries view, and the developing countries view explained from the social and economic aspects. As a result of this discussion some important suggestion were made regarding of ICT implementation in developing countries based on critical approaches. It is believed that this study would likely extend the understanding of the integration of ICT into schooling in developing countries. It was suggested that ICT integration into education in developing world should be seen as a vehicle of democratization and liberation not cultural and economic domestication.