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Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education

Author : Torin Monahan

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 222 pages

File Size : 11,88 MB

Release : 2013-01-11

Category : Education

ISBN : 113607970X

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Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education documents the dramatic changes taking place in public education through the incorporation of new information technologies. These additions to the public school environment have generally been seen as enabling tools to help students and nations compete in the global marketplace. Yet a closer look at the interplay of technological change and organizational restructuring suggests the emergence of new, less promising power relations. Through detailed ethnographic research and interviews in the Los Angeles public school system, Torin Monahan reveals how, with few exceptions, these changes to the educational process are forcing both students and workers to adapt to systems that are ever more rigid and controlling.



Globalization of Technology

Author : Proceedings of the Sixth Convocation of The Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 49,8 MB

Release : 1988-02-01

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9780309038423

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The technological revolution has reached around the world, with important consequences for business, government, and the labor market. Computer-aided design, telecommunications, and other developments are allowing small players to compete with traditional giants in manufacturing and other fields. In this volume, 16 engineering and industrial experts representing eight countries discuss the growth of technological advances and their impact on specific industries and regions of the world. From various perspectives, these distinguished commentators describe the practical aspects of technology's reach into business and trade.



Education Technology Policies in the Middle East

Author : Michael Lightfoot

Publisher : Springer

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 30,99 MB

Release : 2016-09-14

Category : Education

ISBN : 331933266X

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This book explores the potential educational technologies have for transforming education in the Middle East. Although technology has increasingly become a part of classrooms around the globe over recent decades, its application in classrooms in the MENA region remains underused and this book draws on a case study from the Arabian Gulf to examine the beneficial impact technologies have on teaching and learning. The book identifies the many social and cultural pressures that prevent government technology policies to be implemented in the way that the international community would find recognisable and acceptable and how education policy from the Global North is transplanted into a separate context without considering the different requirements. The study seeks to address the ways in which educational technology policy in government schools plays a part in the enactment of education reforms and how government policy aspirations are played out in practice. diviv>



Global Issues in Education

Author : Greg Wiggan

Publisher : R&L Education

Page : 352 pages

File Size : 19,88 MB

Release : 2009-08-16

Category : Education

ISBN : 1607092735

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Global Issues in Education bridges the discourse on globalization and education with international studies on race, class, gender, ethnicity, culture, and multiculturalism. The contributors to this volume address educational challenges of post-colonial Ghana, the United Arab Emirates, the Caribbean, China, and Germany juxtaposed against Western education in the United Kingdom and the United States. They synthesize macrosociology with educational research, which provides readers with the background, core knowledge, and global focus that is needed to understand international issues, as well as deal with diversity in the classroom. Global Issues in Education also addresses the need for additional research that makes the connections between the geopolitical economy and education, and it does this with a focus on the link to culture, ethnicity, and education.



Distrusting Educational Technology

Author : Neil Selwyn

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 205 pages

File Size : 48,31 MB

Release : 2013-11-26

Category : Education

ISBN : 1134607695

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Distrusting Educational Technology critically explores the optimistic consensus that has arisen around the use of digital technology in education. Drawing on a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, this book shows how apparently neutral forms of educational technology have actually served to align educational provision and practices with neo-liberal values, thereby eroding the nature of education as a public good and moving it instead toward the individualistic tendencies of twenty-first century capitalism. Following a wide-ranging interrogation of the ideological dimensions of educational technology, this book examines in detail specific types of digital technology in use in education today, including virtual education, ‘open’ courses, digital games, and social media. It then concludes with specific recommendations for fairer forms of educational technology. An ideal read for anyone interested in the fast-changing nature of contemporary education, Distrusting Educational Technology comprises an ambitious and much-needed critique.



Schools Under Surveillance

Author : Torin Monahan

Publisher : Rutgers University Press

Page : 273 pages

File Size : 10,37 MB

Release : 2009-10-13

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0813548268

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Schools under Surveillance gathers together some of the very best researchers studying surveillance and discipline in contemporary public schools. Surveillance is not simply about monitoring or tracking individuals and their dataùit is about the structuring of power relations through human, technical, or hybrid control mechanisms. Essays cover a broad range of topics including police and military recruiters on campus, testing and accountability regimes such as No Child Left Behind, and efforts by students and teachers to circumvent the most egregious forms of surveillance in public education. Each contributor is committed to the continued critique of the disparity and inequality in the use of surveillance to target and sort students along lines of race, class, and gender.



Education and Technology

Author : Neil Selwyn

Publisher : A&C Black

Page : 209 pages

File Size : 13,63 MB

Release : 2011-03-17

Category : Education

ISBN : 1441144056

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Digital technology lies at the heart of contemporary education provision. This book considers the key issues in the field and addresses some fundamental but often unvoiced questions about the ever-growing use of technologies in education. It focuses on the social as well as the technical aspects of these issues, giving careful thought to the people, practices, processes and structures behind the use of technologies in education. The book considers a range of current debates and controversies. Will technology replace the school or university? Will technology replace the teacher? What do we really know about learning and technology? Does technology make learning fairer? Can technology address the many educational problems and inequalities faced by people around the world? What does the future hold for technology and education? What can be learnt from the history of technology use? Neil Selwyn takes a critical look at some of the major debates concerning digital technologies and education. Study questions and annotated further reading are included to support readers, along with a companion website linking to online sources and resources.



50 Ways to Close the Achievement Gap

Author : Carolyn J. Downey

Publisher : Corwin Press

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 46,97 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Education

ISBN : 1412958989

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Outlines research-based strategies for developing high-performing schools and fostering educational equity for all students.





Big Data in Education

Author : Ben Williamson

Publisher : SAGE

Page : 257 pages

File Size : 50,37 MB

Release : 2017-07-24

Category : Education

ISBN : 1526416344

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Big data has the power to transform education and educational research. Governments, researchers and commercial companies are only beginning to understand the potential that big data offers in informing policy ideas, contributing to the development of new educational tools and innovative ways of conducting research. This cutting-edge overview explores the current state-of-play, looking at big data and the related topic of computer code to examine the implications for education and schooling for today and the near future. Key topics include: · The role of learning analytics and educational data science in schools · A critical appreciation of code, algorithms and infrastructures · The rise of ‘cognitive classrooms’, and the practical application of computational algorithms to learning environments · Important digital research methods issues for researchers This is essential reading for anyone studying or working in today′s education environment!