Critical Perspectives on Technology and Education (Digital Education and Learning) - Softcover

Bulfin, Scott; Johnson, Nicola F.; Bigum, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1349481246 ISBN 13: 9781349481248

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Synopsis

This book offers critical readings of issues in education and technology and demonstrates how researchers can use critical perspectives from sociology, digital media, cultural studies, and other fields to broaden the "ed-tech" research imagination, open up new topics, ask new questions, develop theory, and articulate an agenda for informed action.

About this title

About the Author:

Glenn Auld, Deakin University, Australia Rachel Buchanan, University of Newcastle, Australia Susan Edwards, Australian Catholic University, Australia Sue Grieshaber, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Michael Henderson, Monash University, Australia Kathryn Holmes, University of Newcastle, Australia Glynda Hull, University of California, Berkeley, USA Dimitrios Koutsogiannis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Julianne Lynch, Deakin University, Australia Ana Mantilla, Australian Catholic University, Australia Stacy Marple, See Change Evaluation, USA Mark Evan, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan Joce Nuttall, Australian Catholic University, Australia Joanne Orlando, University of Western Sydney, Australia Nicola Pallitt, University of Cape Town, South Africa Greg Preston, University of Newcastle, Australia Leonie Rowan, Griffith University, Australia Neil Selwyn, Monash University, Australia Kylie Shaw, University of Newcastle, Australia David Shutkin, John Carroll University, USA Marion Walton, University of Cape Town, South Africa Elizabeth Wood, University of Sheffield, UK

Review:

"A timely, useful, readable, subtle, helpful, and provocative collection unpicking the politics, practices, history, and uses of educational technology." - Julian Sefton-Green, Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Media and Communication, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1349481246
• ISBN 13: 9781349481248
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276