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Peer reviewedCaster, Joanna – Computers and Composition, 1997
Notes that, although networked writing classrooms are more egalitarian than non-networked classrooms, networks cannot prevent discrimination. Social identity theory, from social psychology, suggests that instructors must be careful when focusing courses on divisive social issues; the presentation of these issues can break down into binary…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Networks, Higher Education, Social Discrimination


