Shift to the Future - Rethinking Learning With New Technologies in Education

Zusatztext 'This lovely little book makes a brave..and successful attempt to consider and assess futures of learning.' - British Journal of Educational Technology Informationen zum Autor Nicola Yelland is Professor of Education in the School of Education at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. She is series editor of Routledge's Changing Images of Early Childhood series. Klappentext This book examines the ways in which new technologies are reshaping the social, personal, and educational experiences of childhood, and explores the curricular revisions such changes demand. With a focus on the various information and communications technologies (ICTs) available and the possibilities these ICTs offer for teaching and learning, this book provides inspiring examples of teachers who have innovatively incorporated new technologies into their classrooms to engage their students. Zusammenfassung Technologies are dramatically changing early childhood education in the twenty-first century, as well as the face of childhood itself. This book provides young children with a myriad of possible activities and explorations. It looks at how we can explain and understand the nature of these differences and explore their implication for education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One – The Millennials, Chapter Two – New Contexts for Learning, Chapter Three – Making Meaning: Technology as Play, Chapter Four – Thinking and Knowing: Informal Learning at Home and in Communities, Chapter Five – New Ways of Learning in School, Chapter Six – New Learning in the Third Millennium, Chapter Seven – Where Next? Supporting Learning and Understanding Learners in the 21st Century, Appendices, References

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nicola Yelland, Nicola (The University of Melbourne Yelland, Yelland Nicola
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 02.10.2006
• EAN: 9780415953184
• ISBN: 978-0-415-95318-4
• Pagine: 212
• Serie: Changing Images of Early Childhood
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; EDUCATION / General, Educational psychology, teacher training, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Primary & middle schools, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Science & Technology