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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969085503321

Autore

Cuban Larry

Titolo

Oversold and underused : computers in the classroom / / Larry Cuban

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, c2001

ISBN

9780674030107

0674030109

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

371.334

Soggetti

Computer-assisted instruction - United States - History

Educational technology - United States - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Reforming Schools through Technology 1. The Setting 2. Cyberteaching in Preschools and Kindergartens 3. High-Tech Schools, Low-Tech Learning 4. New Technologies in Old Universities 5. Making Sense of Unexpected Outcomes 6. Are Computers in Schools Worth the Investment? Appendix: Rationale for Choices of School Levels Notes Acknowledgments Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many educators and parents argue that school computers and Internet access will improve learning and prepare students for an information-based workplace. This book contests that when teachers are not given a say in how the technology might reshape schools, computers have little impact.