Understanding Technology in Education
Published on 1. December 2025
276 pages
978-1-040-80461-2 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1991, Understanding Technology in Education examines the role of technology in education, being the first to connect the social nature of technology with the education and training of young people. The book highlights the diverse ways in which technologies are shaped by social forces, rather than existing solely as physical artifacts. It explores the pivotal role of technology in transforming work organization and society at large. Through a series of case studies, the chapters present a wide range of analytical perspectives, spanning economistic, feminist, and cultural viewpoints. This volume serves as the foundation of a trilogy, which also includes Technological Literacy and the Curriculum and Computers into Classrooms.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
2,42 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-80461-2 (9781040804612)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Hugh Mackay | Michael Young | John Beynon
Understanding Technology in Education
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approx. 12/2025
1st Edition
Routledge
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Persons
Hugh MacKay
Michael Young
John Beynon
Michael Young
John Beynon
Content
Introduction: Technology as an Educational Issue: Social and Political Perspectives 1. Social Choice in Machine Design: The Case of Automatically Controlled Machine Tools 2. The Gendering of Technology 3. The Selling in the New Technology 4. The Information Society: Ideology or Utopia? 5. Mass Production, the Fordist System and its Crisis 6. Life after Henry (Ford) 7. The Cultural Production and Consumption of IT 8. A Dialectics of Determinism: Deconstructing Information Technology 9. Microcomputers in Education: Dead and Living Labour Epilogue: Technology as an Educational Issue: Why it is so Difficult and Why it is so Important
