TY - JOUR TI - Interrogating Gender Divides in Technology for Education and Development: the Case of the One Laptop per Child Project in Ghana AU - Steeves, Leslie AU - Kwami, Janet T2 - Studies in Comparative International Development AB - The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project aims to make low-cost computers accessible to the “world’s poorest children,” presuming that the gadgets will support their empowerment via education. The project’s success globally, however, has been mixed at best, with many countries terminating their purchases due to cost, inadequate infrastructure, and negative side effects. In October 2010, Ghana suspended the country’s 3-year participation. This study examines the complex history and failure of OLPC Ghana in two pilot schools, one urban and one rural, with particular attention to gender bias. The analysis draws on interviews with government personnel, students, and teachers in the pilot classes. Despite lacking electric power in the rural community, UNDP’s Millennium Villages Project played a strong support role, making OLPC somewhat more effective with less of a gender divide in the rural school than in the urban school in Accra. Both pilot schools faced severe sustainability challenges raising decade-old questions about modernity and technological determinism. Further, in both schools, particularly the urban school, a digital divide by gender was evident. DA - 2017/06/01/ PY - 2017 DO - 10.1007/s12116-017-9245-y DP - Springer Link VL - 52 IS - 2 SP - 174 EP - 192 J2 - St Comp Int Dev LA - en SN - 1936-6167 ST - Interrogating Gender Divides in Technology for Education and Development UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-017-9245-y Y2 - 2020/07/20/17:33:37 KW - C: Ghana ER - TY - CHAP TI - ICT4D, gender divides, and development: The case of Ghana AU - Steeves, H. Leslie AU - Kwami, Janet D. T2 - Development Communication in Directed Social Change: A Reappraisal of Theories and Approaches. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) DA - 2012/// PY - 2012 DP - Google Scholar SP - 199 EP - 217 ST - ICT4D, gender divides, and development KW - Equity of Access KW - ⛔ No DOI found ER -