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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463416603321

Autore

Monahan Torin

Titolo

Globalization, technological change, and public education / / Torin Monahan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-283-96502-X

0-203-63298-2

1-136-07962-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

Social theory, education, and cultural change series

Disciplina

306.43/2

Soggetti

Education - Social aspects

Education and globalization

Educational technology - Social aspects

Education - Effect of technological innovations on

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Politics of space -- Just another tool? -- Technological cultures -- Fragmented centralization -- Policy games -- Flexible governance -- Future imaginaries -- Neoliberal orders.

Sommario/riassunto

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