ISBN:
9781136079627
,
1136079629
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 213 pages)
,
illustrations.
Series Statement:
Social theory, education, and cultural change series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Monahan, Torin Globalization, technological change, and public education
DDC:
306.432
Keywords:
Education Social aspects
;
Educational technology Social aspects
;
Education Effect of technological innovations on
;
Éducation Aspect social
;
Éducation et mondialisation
;
Nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication en éducation Aspect social
;
Éducation, Effets des innovations sur l'
;
Education and globalization
;
Education Social aspects
;
Educational technology Social aspects
;
Education Effect of technological innovations on
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Education and globalization
;
Education ; Effect of technological innovations on
;
Education ; Social aspects
;
Educational technology ; Social aspects
;
Bildung
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Technischer Fortschritt
;
Gesellschaft
;
Globalisierung
;
Kommunikationstechnik
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education documents the dramatic changes taking place in public education through the incorporation of new information technologies. These additions to the public school environment have generally been seen as enabling tools to help students and nations compete in the global marketplace. Yet a closer look at the interplay of technological change and organizational restructuring suggests the emergence of new, less promising power relations. Through detailed ethnographic research and interviews in the Los Angeles public school system, To
Abstract:
Politics of space -- Just another tool? -- Technological cultures -- Fragmented centralization -- Policy games -- Flexible governance -- Future imaginaries -- Neoliberal orders.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index. - Print version record
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