The politics of education and technology : conflicts, controversies, and connections / edited by Neil Selwyn and Keri Facer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Selwyn, Neil.

Facer, Keri, 1972-

Series:

Palgrave Macmillan's digital education and learning series

Palgrave Macmillan's digital education and learning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational technology.

Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Technological innovations.

Education--Effect of technological innovations on.

Education.

Physical Description:

ix, 251 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Need for a Politics of Education and Technology / Neil Selwyn Selwyn, Neil, Keri Facer Facer, Keri 1

Part I Recognizing the Politics of "Learning" and Technology

Chapter 2 Educational Technology and the "New Language of Learning": Lineage and Limitations / Norm Friesen Friesen, Norm 21

Chapter 3 Networked Cosmopolitanism? Shaping Learners by Remaking the Curriculum of the Future / Ben Williamson Williamson, Ben 39

Part II The Politics of Technological Opportunity and Risk

Chapter 4 Becoming the Future: The "Lake Highlands" Middle School Laptop and Learning Initiative / David Shutkin Shutkin, David 63

Chapter 5 The Politics of Online Risk and the Discursive Construction of School "E-Safety" / Andrew Hope Hope, Andrew 83

Part III The Global Politics of Education and Technology

Chapter 6 "Empowering the World's Poorest Children"? A Critical Examination of One Laptop per Child / Neil Selwyn Selwyn, Neil 101

Chapter 7 Changing Narratives of Change: (Un)intended Consequences of Educational Technology Reform in Argentina / Inés Dussel Dussel, Inés, Patricia Ferrante Ferrante, Patricia, Julian Sefton-Green Sefton-Green, Julian 127

Chapter 8 The Ideological Appropriation of Digital Technology in UK Education: Symbolic Violence and the Selling and Buying of the "Transformation Fallacy" / Timothy Rudd Rudd, Timothy 147

Part IV The Politics of Education and Technology: Extending beyond "the Digital"

Chapter 9 Mobile Technologies and an Ethical Digital Literacy in the Face of Empire / Richard Hall Hall, Richard 169

Chapter 10 Tweak: Biosocial Imaginations and Educational Futures / Nick Lee Lee, Nick, Johanna Motzkau Motzkau, Johanna 191

Chapter 11 Epilogue: Building Allegiances and Moving Forward / Keri Facer Facer, Keri, Neil Selwyn Selwyn, Neil 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137031976

1137031972

OCLC:

842316244