How Does Modern Education Is Affecting The Education In Mauritius?

For generations, Deaf artists and poets relied on personal connections to tell their stories. But advancement in technology through blogs or video "vlogs" has changed the way their message can now be spread.
A first-of-its-kind conference, made possible by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities, will discuss how changing technology is affecting storytelling in American Sign Language in the Deaf community.
More than 400 people are expected to attend the symposium, "Redefining the Literary Expressions of Deafhood:
He conference will trace the emergence of Deaf/ASL literature and explore its roots in the works of contemporary Deaf poets, storytellers, bloggers and vloggers. Scholars, creative artists and the public will discuss the way modern technology is affecting narratives previously passed on in person with American Sign Language. It will also offer a rare opportunity to see live works of Deaf performers.

A current trend in social studies education is concern about the relationships of science and technology to human societies in the past and present. The National Council for the Social Studies and the Social Science Education Consortium, for example, have sponsored activities and publications to bring about improvement in teaching and learning about science and technology as powerful shapers of our modern world. Other advocates of education about science and technology in society include the National Science Teachers Association, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Given the advocacy of national leaders, there appears to be a movement to infuse science- and technology-related topics and issues into the curricula of elementary and secondary schools. There is little evidence, however, of widespread classroom adoption of content about science/technology/society (STS).
Current efforts to promote science/technology/society in elementary and secondary schools will not succeed unless educators know what education on STS is, why it is an important part of education in the social studies, and how to include it in the curriculum. This ERIC Digest focuses on (1) major themes in education on STS, (2) the rationale for emphasizing STS in the social studies, and (3) how to include STS in the curriculum.