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ERIC Number: EJ1464343
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1359-866X
EISSN: EISSN-1469-2945
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Investigating Digital Poverty and the New Forms of Agency and Advocacy Needed in Initial Teacher Education
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, v53 n2 p191-206 2025
Using Judith Butler's theory of performative subjection, this paper explores the issue of digital poverty in Initial Teacher Education and the need for new forms of agency and advocacy to address it. The concept of digital agency (DA) and educational data advocacy (EDA) are discussed as possible ameliorating concepts for digital poverty and the increasing digital divide in Initial Teacher Education (ITE). In this theoretical paper, the authors employ the concept of DA alongside EDA specifically in the context of learners in university settings where technology is often used but the level of autonomy that students experience might vary considerably. Drawing on the context of Australian Initial Teacher Education programs, the paper calls for greater advocacy around the potential for forms of discrimination, inequity, and prejudice perpetuated as a result of digital poverty. The authors draw on two studies and examine their own practices in relation to the ways teaching academics might act as Educational Data Advocates (EDA) in Initial Teacher Education. The findings provide a novel perspective of the ways Digital Poverty in Australian Initial Teacher Education programs are associated with agency and advocacy, with implications for policy and practice in an increasingly digitised teacher training context.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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Author Affiliations: 1Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia; 2University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia; 3Federation University, Ballarat, Australia