Education and Technology: Key Issues and Debates

✍ Scribed by Neil Selwyn

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 233
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Will technology replace the school and university? Will technology replace the teacher? What do we really know about technology and learning? Does technology make education more individualized? What does the future hold for technology and education? What can be learnt from the history of technology use in education?
In a thoroughly revised edition of this successful book, Neil Selwyn takes a critical look at some of the major current debates and controversies concerning digital technologies and education. Focusing on the social as well as the technical aspects of these issues, Selwyn addresses fundamental but often unvoiced questions about education and technology. Over the course of eight chapters, the book gives careful thought to the people, practices, processes and structures behind the rapidly increasing use of technologies in education, with an emphasis on the implications of digital technologies for individuals and institutions.
The book focuses attention on the connections between recent technology developments and broader changes in education practice, education policy and education theory over the past 10 years. It also challenges us to reflect on future directions and controversies for education in the (post)digital age. Expanded study questions, annotated further reading and a new glossary of key terms are included to support readers. An updated companion website links to case study examples, two bonus chapters and much more for students and lecturers.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Second Edition
Chapter 1 What Do We Mean by ‘Education’ and ‘Technology’?
Introduction
What is education?
What is technology?
From ‘analog’ to ‘digital’ technology
Making sense of digital technologies in education
Conclusions
Further reading
Chapter 2 Making Sense of Technology and Educational Change
Introduction
The imperatives of ‘internal’ change
The imperatives of ‘external’ change
The imperatives of ‘disruptive innovation’
Recognising the wider significance of technological change in education
Thinking more carefully about education and technology
Conclusions
Further reading
Chapter 3 A Short History of Education and Technology
Introduction
Taking a historical perspective on education and technology
The recent history of education and technology
Educational film
Educational radio
Educational television
Micro-electronics and the birth of educational computing
Learning lessons from the past
Conclusions
Further reading
Chapter 4 Technology and Learning
Introduction
Behaviourist theories of learning and technology
Cognitivist theories of learning and technology
Constructivist theories of learning and technology
Constructionist theories of learning and technology
Socio-cultural theories of learning and technology
Contemporary accounts of technology, information, knowledge and learning
Conclusions
Further reading
Chapter 5 Technology and Teachers
Introduction
Teachers and technology – potential benefits
Making sense of teachers’ (non)use of technology
Rethinking ‘the teacher’ in the digital age
In defence of the teacher – arguments for the continued importance of teachers in the digital age
Conclusions
Further reading
Chapter 6 Technology and Educational Institutions
Introduction
The growing use of technology in schools
Arguments against the continuation of ‘school’ in the digital age
Reschooling – alternate models of technology-driven schools
Deschooling – using technology as an alternative to schooling
Conclusions
Further reading
Chapter 7 Technology and the Individualisation of Education
Introduction
Different forms of technology and individualised education
The wider provenance of technology-led individualisation of education
The limitations of individualised learning
Conclusions
Further reading
Chapter 8 Education and Technology: Where Now?
Introduction
Looking towards the future of education and technology
Reconsidering future visions from the past
Reconsidering future visions from the present day
Recognising the contested nature of the future
Lessons learnt about education and technology
Education and technology: towards better discussions and debate
Conclusions
Further reading
Glossary
References
Index