Globalization, technological change, and public education / / Torin Monahan
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| Autore: |
Monahan Torin
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| Titolo: |
Globalization, technological change, and public education / / Torin Monahan
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.43/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Education - Social aspects |
| Education and globalization | |
| Educational technology - Social aspects | |
| Education - Effect of technological innovations on | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Globalization, technological change, and public education |
| ISBN: | 1-136-07970-X |
| 1-283-96502-X | |
| 0-203-63298-2 | |
| 1-136-07962-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807375903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Social theory, education, and cultural change.