Policy unplugged : dis/connections between technology policy and practices in Canadian schools / Jennifer Jenson, Chloe Brushwood Rose, Brian Lewis ; with Richard Smith ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenson, Jennifer.

Contributor:

Lewis, Brian.

Smith, Richard.

Brushwood Rose, Chloë T. (Chloë Tamara), 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational technology--Canada.

Educational technology.

Educational technology--Government policy--Canada.

Education, Elementary--Canada--Data processing.

Education, Elementary.

Education, Secondary--Canada--Data processing.

Education, Secondary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca, NY : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors conducted a two-year study on the implementation of computer technologies, including in-depth interviews and classroom observation at thirty-two elementary and secondary schools across Canada. Based on this research, Policy Unplugged explores the intersections and disconnections between provincial technology policy, school board policy, and school-based practices. The authors consider the ways in which technology policy has become "unplugged" from daily experience, showing that teachers, students, and administrators are part of complex pedagogical and social systems that have been badly served by the enforced and hasty introduction of technology. They also show how small, often unquestioned practices and power relations in schools can create seemingly insurmountable impediments to technological implementation.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Global and the Local: Technology Policy in Education""; ""Part One Studying Educational Technology Policy and Practice""; ""2 Finding Space for Technology: Organizational and Instructional Issues for Computer-Use in Schools""; ""3 Gender Inequity and Professional School Culture: Teachers at Work with Technology""; ""4 IT Professional Development for Teachers: Beyond “Best-Practice� Lists""; ""5 Supporting Technology versus Instruction: Divisions in Policy and Practice""; ""Part Two Making Educational Technology Policy""

""6 Making Better Policies for Learning Technologies""""7 Bridging Policy Gaps between Teaching and Technology""; ""Conclusion: Learning from Local Needs""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""About the Authors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-170) and index.

ISBN:

9786612850363

9780773578104

0773578102

9781282850361

1282850369

9780773560420

0773560424

OCLC:

646788187