New Technology and Education
1st Edition
Published on 26. January 2012
224 pages
978-1-4411-2981-9 (ISBN)
Description
New Technology and Education explores the benefits and dangers of the increasing use of technology in education, drawing on different cultural perspectives from across the globe to consider a variety of viewpoints. The reader is encouraged to engage with each facet of the debate considering the philosophical, psychological and sociological implications of the relationship between technology and education.
Recent debates and developments are considered, including:
. What is the relationship between creativity, education and new technology?
. Are subject boundaries blurred by the use of new technologies?
. How do we plan for technologies becoming redundant?
Reflective exercises, interviews, chapter summaries and useful websites encourage and support student learning and the application of new concepts.
Recent debates and developments are considered, including:
. What is the relationship between creativity, education and new technology?
. Are subject boundaries blurred by the use of new technologies?
. How do we plan for technologies becoming redundant?
Reflective exercises, interviews, chapter summaries and useful websites encourage and support student learning and the application of new concepts.
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-2981-9 (9781441129819)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Anthony Edwards
New Technology and Education
Book
03/2012
Continuum Publishing Corporation
€37.50
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Persons
Anthony Edwards is Director of Education Studies at Liverpool Hope University, UK.
Content
Series Editors' Preface \ Introduction: Technology, Education and Change \ Part I: Setting the Scene \ 1. Early Technology and Education \ 2. The Automation of Education \ 3. The Computer and Education \ Part II: Issues \ 4. Digital Poverty and Education \ 5. Technology and Pedagogy \ 6. Community, Technology and Education \ 7. Creativity, Technology and Education \ Part III: The Future \ 8. Future Technology and Education \ 9. Virtual Worlds and Education \ 10. Enhancement Technologies, Transhumanism and Education \ References \ Index
