The design of educational technologies involves making decisions based in cultural assumptions and ideologies, and student learning may be improved when these design choices are made intentionally with the students’ own cultural context in mind. Despite this, the classroom systems in which these technologies are deployed have their own culturally-based contexts which are often at odds with the ...

Many have had high expectations for the impact of computer-based technology on educational practice. By and large, these expectations have not been realised. It has become evident that innovative technology alone does not necessarily guarantee progress nor perhaps even significant change in educational practice. This has led educational researchers to place greater emphasis on cultural issues t...

The main objective of this paper is to examine the role students’ aspirations and expectations in affecting school achievement among 7th 8th grade students Qatar’s schools. study draws on data collected Qatari schools from a randomly selected sample 841 their parents. findings indicate that educational have stronger effect performance when compared expectations, even controlling for demographic...