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Face To Face In A Third Space: Hypertext Design & Curriculum Theory, David Shutkin
Face To Face In A Third Space: Hypertext Design & Curriculum Theory, David Shutkin
David S. Shutkin
No abstract provided.
Thinking Of The Other: Constructivist Discourse And Cultural Difference In The Field Of Educational Technology, David Shutkin
Thinking Of The Other: Constructivist Discourse And Cultural Difference In The Field Of Educational Technology, David Shutkin
David S. Shutkin
Learning in a technologically enhanced constructivist classroom is a practice of acculturation into a western culture of power and traditions of reasoning. For children positioned outside this culture historical practices of inclusion and exclusion erase cultural differences that make a difference in their educational lives. While constructivism may be understood by some in the field of Educational Technology as a rallying cry for the reform of schooling, it is experienced by others as an ethical crisis in the relation of the self to the other. Even as we pursue equity through the integration of technology in constructivist learning practices, we …
Shared Commitment, Differing Visions: Diversity And The Challenges Of Taking Affirmative Action In Faculty Hiring, David Shutkin, Jason Earle, Thomas Kelly
Shared Commitment, Differing Visions: Diversity And The Challenges Of Taking Affirmative Action In Faculty Hiring, David Shutkin, Jason Earle, Thomas Kelly
David S. Shutkin
No abstract provided.
Technology, The Pleasures Of The Interface & The Psychology Of Motivation, David Shutkin
Technology, The Pleasures Of The Interface & The Psychology Of Motivation, David Shutkin
David S. Shutkin
No abstract provided.
Cybernetics, Cyberpedagogy & Post-Industrial Society, David Shutkin
Cybernetics, Cyberpedagogy & Post-Industrial Society, David Shutkin
David S. Shutkin
The writer considers cybernetics, cyperpedagogy, and postindustrial society. Systemic endeavors to restructure schooling are seeing the reemergence of functionalist models of education systems. This “cybernetics” of education is informed by the rhetoric of a postindustrial society and casts the education of children as a rational feedback model of purpose, content, and input/output processes. Postindustrial society requires that schools supply individuals who can work productively in a range of state-sponsored corporate institutions. Therefore, education is reduced to instrumental and economic concerns and the student becomes a human resource. The writer reflects on pedagogic strategies that he has adopted in order to …
Science And Technology Studies And Education: An Introduction To The Special Issue, David Shutkin, Hank Bromley
Science And Technology Studies And Education: An Introduction To The Special Issue, David Shutkin, Hank Bromley
David S. Shutkin
To introduce this special issue, the guest editors present an overview of the articles within the context of an introduction to science and technology studies (STS). STS scholarship addresses social, historical, and philosophical issues concerning the practices of science and technology, and the articles illustrate the emergence of STS ideas in the fields of educational technology and science education. The editors discuss different approaches within STS and situate the entire field within post-Enlightenment modernity. The representation of scientific and technological knowledge is a central concern in STS, and the editors critically examine efforts to fix the meaning of such knowledge.
The Deployment Of Information Technology And The Augmentation Of The Child, David Shutkin
The Deployment Of Information Technology And The Augmentation Of The Child, David Shutkin
David S. Shutkin
No abstract provided.