Welcome to Cyberschool - Education At the Crossroads in the Information Age

Klappentext Welcome to Cyberschool is a book about two highly charged and often emotional discussions in today's society. One concerns the optimism and promise surrounding information technologies of computers and the internet; the other involves the growing pessimism and despair about the nation's schools. These narratives of technological optimism and educational pessimism converge with increasing frequency, as school groups, community leaders, and political rivals battle each other over the best way to wire the nation's schools, computerize every classroom, and "leave no child behind." Zusammenfassung This text covers two highly charged and often emotional discussions in today's society. One concerns the optimism and promise surrounding information technologies of computers and the Internet; the other involves the growing pessimism about America's schools.

Product details

• Authors: David Trend
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2001
• EAN: 9780742515642
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1564-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Culture and Politics Series; Culture and Politics (Paperbac; Culture and Politics Series; Culture and Politics
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries