scholarly journals COVID-19 AND EDUCATION OF MASS COMMUNICATION:

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Saleem Abbas ◽  
Firasat Jabeen ◽  
Huma Tahir
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Learning Challenges ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Mass Communication Education

The sudden closure of educational institutions in 2020  brought multiple financial and learning challenges for Pakistani female students. In our experience, not only formal and informal learning realms of female students have been affected in the post pandemic educational landscape, but a distinct gender and digital divide (GDD) is also noticeable between technology-equipped and deprived students. Considering the theoretical perspectives of digital divide, this paper will essentially explicate the chasms existing within female students of Mass Communication in Pakistan.  Given Pakistan’s conservative and patriarchal culture, it is very important to study how female students of Mass Communication, from both urban and rural areas, responded to the change after the pandemic. Through in-depth interviews of twenty female students, we argue that the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated already existing GDD in Pakistani educational landscape. Especially the first order GDD in education can be seen frequently in Pakistani rural locations. Moreover, economic limitations and socio-cultural norms also play an essential role in exacerbating second order GDD in the Mass Communication education. Thus, in this sense, the pandemic has brought a change that is charged with exclusion and disparity. Moreover, we argue that digital divide is a gendered concept for a periphery country such as Pakistan.  

scholarly journals Urban Improvement of Comprehensive Schools And Out of School Educational Establishments in Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1765-1770 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Calculation Method ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Comprehensive Schools ◽  
Architectural Planning ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Out Of School

Renewal of architectural planning in urban and rural areas can contribute to new educational institutions for population according to regulations and standards. The research was conducted to provide recommendations concerning improvement of educational establishments network in conditions of urban compaction, as well as territorial educational districts in urban and rural areas. The calculation method of general and out-of-school educational institutions network of different levels was improved. Various layouts of subject-oriented educational institutions were suggested, taking into account accessibility radius within territorial educational districts.

The Digital Divide and Its Influence on Public Education Diffusion

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emad Abu-Shanab
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

It is evident that information and communication technologies (ICTs) have improved performance and efficiency for different types of organizations. One of the important applications of ICT in public and private businesses is related to education, where electronic learning (e-learning) is a domain that became a paradigm more than a specific application. To utilize the full benefits of e-learning in public education and to exploit the diverse options of e-learning and specifically the synchronization of learning, digital divide is becoming an important obstacle that prevents teachers, students, and society members from benefiting from this phenomenon. Governments are striving to bridge the digital divide so that equal opportunities for education are guaranteed for their citizens in urban and rural areas. It is vital to explore the influence of digital divide on rural areas and how it affects the learning process. This study will explore the digital divide phenomenon, its relationship to e-learning concepts, how governments bridge this divide through e-government options, and finally, conduct an empirical test that explores the perceptions of students living in rural areas around the digital divide and its relationship to e-learning and education.

The Problem of the Digital Divide in the Development of E-Government and Countermeasures

2013 ◽  
Vol 850-851 ◽  
pp. 401-404
Author(s):  
Dong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

The problem of Digital Divide has become increasingly serious with the advance of information technology. The paper describes the connotation of the Digital Divide briefly, and analyzes the related problems in the development of Chinese E-government from three aspects: regional differences, differences between urban and rural areas, age differences. Learning from the experiences of developed countries and regions, the paper gives the countermeasures from following aspects: strengthening IT research to create conditions for bridging the Digital Divide, caring for vulnerable groups in the educational policy, eliminating information privilege and maintaining information fair, universalizing the services of E-government.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF PHYSICAL READINESS OF URBAN AND RURAL STUDENTS OF 7-8 CLASSES

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (6(56)) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Vladimir Sokolov ◽  
Elena Kostenko ◽  
Semyon Uyutkina
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Normative Documents ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

In connection with the adjustment of the program and normative documents of educational institutions, a comparative analysis was carried out and an assessment of the level of physical fitness of students in grades 7-8 living in urban and rural areas was given. The results of the study confirmed the need to take into account the living conditions of children when organizing and conducting physical education lessons at school.

scholarly journals Establishment and activity of culture centers and people`s universities in northeastern Bosnia in the first years of “New Yugoslavia”

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-236
Author(s):  
Jasmin Jajčević ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
Houses Of Culture ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Second World ◽  
Educational Contents

Cultural and educational work after the Second World War in northeastern Bosnia, in addition to cultural, educational and artistic societies, took place in various cultural institutions, where cultural centers and public universities stand out. The houses of culture, in cooperation with societies, universities and various cultural and educational sections, organized events, lectures and various cultural and educational contents. Their importance was especially pronounced in the smaller rural areas of northeastern Bosnia, where they were the center of cultural and educational work. People's universities, as cultural and educational institutions, were supposed to nurture scientific and lecturing work, and to politically enlighten the population of urban and rural areas of northeastern Bosnia through various lectures. In essence, public universities were public schools in which ideologically appropriate lectures with various topics were mostly held and they played a significant role in the creation of a socialist society. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to point out the role and importance of the establishment of these cultural and educational institutions in northeastern Bosnia, and their overall contribution to the cultural and educational awareness of the population of northeastern Bosnia.

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