LE3 .A278 2001

2001

Hemming, Heather

Acadia University

Master of Education

Masters

Curriculim Studies

Education

Educators in the Eastern Arctic have been involved in a research project exploring implementation of the computer software program, Knowledge Forum. As an educator involved in that implementation, interest grew in how the software potentially enhanced knowledge building while impacting literacy development. Educators who work with Inuit students are ideally located to examine the relationship between Knowledge Forum and literacy development. Literacy development is not an implicit aim of Knowledge Forum so a review of what constitutes literacy for northern educators became a starting point. Interviews were conducted with volunteer educators, who also participated in the databases with their students. In the course of analyzing the data, it became evident that changing educational influences, perceptions, issues, roles and practices must be interwoven throughout this study. This study suggests that educators view a positive relationship between use of CSILE/Knowledge Forum, knowledge building and literacy development in northern communities.

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