Applied 2: Reflective Entries Digital Divides There are several aspects to reflect upon when considering the ‘digital divide’ we experience in practice, and the impact these have on the inquiry my colleague and I are conducting together within our Hub learning environment. One highlights how our wider community, teaching staff and students' families have influence into how bias thinking is perpetuated or reversed. Alan Hall (2001) understood that the new millennium was the making of a future that would see an ever increasing “cultural, social and ethical pluralism” (p. 2) within New Zealand classrooms. Hall (2001) noted that diversity within class environments has meant that today's teachers need to work within multiple belief systems, personal ideologies and a more ‘present’ student whanau. Reflecting on the implications diverse belief systems have on our practice and inquiry has highlighted how seemingly little things can have a direct affect on class env...
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