Disruptive Fixation - School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-Idealism

Zusatztext "Anyone holding Sims’s book will have at hand— literally—a reminder of how reformers’ dreams of using technology’s magical power to shape a perfect future tend to persist, even in the face of real-world constraints and ethical concerns." ---Amy Sue Bix, Technology and Culture Informationen zum Autor Christo Sims is associate professor of communication and a founding member of the Studio for Ethnographic Design at the University of California! San Diego. Zusammenfassung In New York City in 2009, a new kind of public school opened its doors to its inaugural class of middle schoolers. Conceived by a team of game designers and progressive educational reformers and backed by prominent philanthropic foundations, it promised to reinvent the classroom for the digital age. Ethnographer Christo Sims documented the life of

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Christo Sims, Sims Christo
• Con la collaborazione di: Tom Boellstorff (Editore), Bill Maurer (Editore)
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780691163987
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16398-7
• Pagine: 232
• Serie: Princeton Studies in Culture a; Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Anthropology, EDUCATION / Computers & Technology, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, EDUCATION / Administration / Elementary & Secondary, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Social and cultural anthropology, Philosophy and theory of education, Primary & middle schools, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies