Educational ecologies : toward a symbolic-material understanding of discourse, technology, and education / John Dowd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dowd, John, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational technology.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

xviii, 87 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Published by Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2016]

Summary:

Educational Ecologies: Toward a Symbolic-Material Understanding of Discourse, Technology, and Educational elucidates how technology has impacted the discourse and practices of higher education. John Dowd situates current educational movements centered on new technologies, such as the Do It Yourself (DIY) movement, within broader ideological concepts concerning education, progress, technology, and work. Knowledge of how the discourse and practices of higher education have been impacted enables teachers to create learning environments that are conducive to the cultivation of ethically informed and engaged lives. Book jacket.

Contents:

Rhetorics of neutrality

MOOCs and the entrepreneurial spirit

Singularity university

Media and educational ecologies

Conclusion: education and the changing meaning of work.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Dowd, John, 1976- Educational ecologies.

ISBN:

9780739198971

0739198971

OCLC:

941139843