Document Type
Issue Area Six
Abstract
... 50,000 years of experience expressing ourselves with speech and gestures; 5,000 years of written expression; and over one hundred years of experience using the telephone. The ethics and etiquette of these modes have evolved with time and tenure. We have virtually just begun with the electronic age. (Szofran, 1994, p. 69)
This statement sums up the dilemma all institutions, including schools, are facing today. Schools face a particularly difficult task with society abdicating many responsibilities and expecting schools to provide for the moral as well as the intellectual development of students. At the same time, schools are often criticized for introducing new ideas and encouraging creativity and sensitivity in students.
The Internet exacerbates all of these issues. Parental rights and student rights are the most obvious. While First Amendment Rights are guaranteed to all citizens, schools must balance parental desires with the need to provide children with a broad-based, well-rounded education. Ultimately, there are a number of issues associated with Internet usage are more difficult to resolve than intellectual freedom.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
5
Issue
3
First Page
154
Last Page
155
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1995 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Smith, Sharman B.
(1995)
"How to Encourage Student Responsibility Maintain Student Creativity on Internet?,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 5:
No.
3, Article 50.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol5/iss3/50
