Abstract
This article addresses the need to build sustainable, appropriate and authentic foundations for learning with mobiles in the Global South. It does this in two ways: first, by reviewing aspects of the current environment, namely the nature of learning with mobiles in the Global North, the relationships between research and policy in relation to learning with mobiles, the impact of mobile technology on language, and the meanings of international development; and second, by consolidating these within a broader and critical historical framework that sees education and technology as the instruments of the hegemony of the Global North, reinforcing its values and worldview. This is, however, methodologically challenging and problematic, and the article briefly considers how such arguments should be constructed. The article concludes by offering ways forward as the basis for practical progress.Citation
Traxler, J. (2018) Learning with mobiles: The Global South, Research in Comparative and International Education, 3(1), pp. 152-175.Publisher
SageJournal
Research in Comparative and International EducationType
Journal articleLanguage
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1745-4999ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1177/1745499918761509
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