Internet Access to Caribbean Government Information on Homeschooling: A Preliminary Case Study of Barbados.
This article reports on a preliminary study investigating access to government information obtainable on the Internet about homeschooling in Barbados. Barbados has one of the highest Internet usage in the English-speaking Caribbean and ranks high in the region in e-government services. As such, a se...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Pan African Studies Vol. 10; no. 10; pp. 70 - 88 |
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Journal of Pan African Studies
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=129981085&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 129981085 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 08886601 38NA jtl: Journal of Pan African Studies issn: 08886601 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2017 vid: 10 iid: 10 pid: 34719 pub: Journal of Pan African Studies artinfo: ui: 129981085 ppf: 70 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 173KB tig: atl: Internet Access to Caribbean Government Information on Homeschooling: A Preliminary Case Study of Barbados. aug: au: Scale, Mark-Shane su: Information & communication technologies Internet access Internet in public administration Government information Electronic government information sug: subj: Information & communication technologies Internet access Internet in public administration Government information Electronic government information ab: This article reports on a preliminary study investigating access to government information obtainable on the Internet about homeschooling in Barbados. Barbados has one of the highest Internet usage in the English-speaking Caribbean and ranks high in the region in e-government services. As such, a search query aimed at obtaining government information on homeschooling in Barbados was conducted of both Government Web sites and a popular search engine. The central issue was whether there was access to government information on legally homeschooling in Barbados. The study utilized a qualitative approach to analysing and studying the information sources retrieved from the search results of the top ten sources retrieved from an Internet search as well as the results from the Government portals and websites. The findings indicate gaps in Barbadian government information availability and dissemination via Internet on homeschooling that restrict citizens from accessing information for legal homeschooling. It also reveals that gaps in the government provided information is filled by non-government providers on the Internet including those that provide inaccurate information to the public. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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