Public Education in the Digital Age - Neoliberalism, Edtech, and the Future of Our Schools

Educational technology is now ubiquitous in schooling, both in P-12 and at universities. Despite the imposition of technology in most aspects of teaching and learning, little attention has been given to the implications educational technology has for healthy student development, humane pedagogy, teacher labor, academic freedom, and the aims of social justice. Rather than merely a set of neutral tools, educational technology is bound up with systems of power and privilege that tend to deepen, rather than confront inequality. In calling for a reassessment of the relationship between schools and technology, this book asks readers to think differently about the role technology can serve in socially just schools.¿¿

An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, social justice, politics, and all those interested in the impact technology is having on the education system in the USA.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Public Education in the Digital Age 2. The Technological Restructuring of Public Education 3. How Did We Get Here? Tracing Digital Education Policy 4. Toward Humanization: Critical Pedagogy in the Digital Age 5. Resisting Technophilia

About the author

Morgan Anderson is Assistant Professor of Social Foundations of Education at the University of Northern Iowa.

Summary

In calling for a reassessment of the relationship between schools and technology, this book asks readers to think differently about the role technology can serve in socially just schools.

Product details

• Authors: Morgan Anderson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032382791
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3238279-1
• No. of pages: 150
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Curricula, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Multicultural education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy