| Description |
ix, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 4.Does Technology Improve Learning? -- Introduction -- Behaviourist theories of learning and technology -- Cognitivist theories of learning and technology -- Constructivist and constructionist theories of learning and technology -- Sociocultural theories of learning and technology -- Alternative accounts of technology, learners, information and knowledge -- Evidence for the influence of technology on learning -- Conclusions -- Further questions to consider -- Further reading -- 5.Does Technology Make Education Fairer? -- Introduction -- Technology, freedom and fairness -- Technology and making education fairer for individuals -- Limitations to the individual freedoms of technology-based education -- Technology and social justice in education -- Limitations to technology-based social justice -- Conclusions -- Further questions to consider -- Further reading -- 6.Will Technology Displace the Teacher? -- Introduction -- |
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Contents note continued: Lessons learnt about education and technology -- Conclusions -- turning informed debate into informed action -- Further questions to consider -- Further reading |
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Contents note continued: The assumed impacts of technology on teachers -- Considering the actual impacts of technology on teachers -- Digital technology and the ̀job' of teaching -- Technology and the continuation of ̀the teacher'? -- Conclusions -- Further questions to consider -- Further reading -- 7.Will Technology Displace the School? -- Introduction -- Technology and the reconstitution of schools and schooling -- Reasons for the technology-driven redefinition of schools and schooling -- Digital technology and the growing rejection of the school -- Reconsidering the ideology of digital deschooling -- Conclusions -- Further questions to consider -- Further reading -- 8.Education and Technology -- Looking to the Future -- Introduction -- Looking towards the future of education and technology -- Reconsidering future visions from the past -- Reconsidering future visions from the present day -- Recognizing the contested nature of the future -- |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.What Do We Mean by ̀Education' and ̀Technology'? -- Introduction -- So what is education? -- So what is technology? -- From ̀analogue' to ̀digital' technology -- Defining digital technologies -- Conclusions -- Further questions to consider -- Further reading -- 2.Does Technology Inevitably Change Education? -- Introduction -- The external imperatives for technology use in education -- The internal imperatives for technology use in education -- Recognizing the wider significance of technological change in education -- Thinking more carefully about education and technology -- Conclusions -- Further questions to consider -- Further reading -- 3.What Can History Tell Us About Education and Technology? -- Introduction -- Taking an historical perspective on education and technology -- The recent history of education and technology -- Learning lessons from the past -- Conclusions -- Further questions to consider -- Further reading -- |
| Summary |
This work introduces the key issues and takes a critical approach to explore the major debates and practices in the use of digital technologies in education |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Computer-assisted instruction.
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Educational technology -- Curricula -- United States.
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Educational technology -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Educational technology -- United States.
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Internet in education.
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| LC no. |
2010028661 |
| ISBN |
1441150366 (paperback) |
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9781441150363 (paperback) |
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