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E-Social Astuteness Skills for ICT-Supported Equitable Prosperity and a Capable Developmental State in South Africa.

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Over 350 national and international delegates at the 2nd e-Skills Summit and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Global ICT Forum on Human Capital Development have agreed that the e-skilling agenda in South Africa is making a “profound difference” but still not sufficient to build a capable developmental state. The delegates suggested that for positive impact in addressing inequality, poverty and joblessness - a new approach to e-skilling was needed. It was generally agreed that some “soft” skills were needed to help people successfully apply e-skills to benefit their everyday life. These skills were identified as e-astuteness and e-social astuteness. The objective of this study is to provide the conceptual clarity of these two terms, i.e. the general aim of this study is a theory building around these two concepts. The findings of this study confirmed that concepts of e-astuteness and e-social astuteness, together with e-skills, can be useful in addressing the South Africa’s major developmental agenda as articulated in the national developmental strategies.

Source: The International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (The University of the West Indies)

Authors: Zoran Mitrović, Wallace Taylor, Mymoena Sharif, Walter Claassen, Harold Wesso

Language: English

Topic: Digital literacy in education

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2125805589

FWCI: 8.473

Cites: 31

Cited by: 11

Related to: 10