The Great Promise of Educational Technology : Citizenship and Education in a Globalized World / by Dan Mamlok.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mamlok, Dan, author.

Series:

New Frontiers in Education, Culture, and Politics, 2945-6827

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational technology.

Citizenship--Study and teaching.

Citizenship.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Social structure.

Equality.

Human rights.

Digital Education and Educational Technology.

Citizenship Education.

Educational Philosophy.

Social Structure.

Human Rights.

Local Subjects:

Digital Education and Educational Technology.

Citizenship Education.

Educational Philosophy.

Social Structure.

Human Rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

Summary:

“In this carefully argued book, Mamlok examines “The Great Promise” that digital technologies have the potential to transform and improve education. This view gives technology itself too much influence as a force driving change. Mamlok shows how a framework of neoliberal assumptions drives a vision of education as standardized, efficiency-oriented, competitive, and commodified. In contrast, he presents an alternative vision in which digital technologies could drive change guided by principles of personalized learning, collaboration, and critical digital literacy, supporting a broader conception of education as a path toward active democratic citizenship.” —Nicholas C. Burbules, Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor, Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA “Around the world, many education reformers and tech companies have lauded new digital technology platforms and tools in education as groundbreaking and transformational. Mamlok examines these claims with a critical philosophical perspective, bringing fresh insights into how knowledge is produced, manipulated, and circulated in the digital age. This is a rich account of the challenges and opportunities for educators and policy-makers working to advance the goal of education for critical literacies and empowered digital citizenship.” —Kathleen Knight Abowitz, Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Miami University, USA This book critically looks at the tensions between the promise to transform education through the use of digital technology and the tendency to utilize digital technology in instrumental and technical ways. The widespread use of digital technology has had a remarkable effect on almost every domain of human life. This technological change has caused governments, educational departments, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to recognize the need to develop educational plans that would support the social and the cultural changes that have occurred with the ubiquitous permeation of digital technology into our everyday lives. This book challenges common assumptions regarding digital technology and education, through critical exploration of educational policies, interviews, and class observations in the US and Israel. In doing so, the author sheds light on the possibilities of advancing digital citizenship under current educational policies. Dan Mamlok is Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Part I: Chapter 2: Why do we have to worry about Globalization at all?

Chapter 3:"Turning on the Lights”? or the great Promise of Digital Technology to Transform Education

Part II: Chapter 4: Introduction to Part II

Chapter 5: Understanding the Matter, Disconnecting the World

Chapter 6: Personalizing or Commodifying Instruction? On Personalized Learning and Student Collaboration

Chapter 7: Learning through Disturbance

Chapter 8: Reading the World Precedes Reading the Tweet

Chapter 9: Advancing Digital Citizenship

Epilogue,- Appendix: Site Descriptions and Participants

Index.

ISBN:

9783030836139

3030836134

OCLC:

1276858113