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Bookends: The Changing Media Environment of American Classrooms (The Hampton Press Communication Series. Media Ecology)
Margaret Cassidy
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Description for Bookends: The Changing Media Environment of American Classrooms (The Hampton Press Communication Series. Media Ecology)
Hardcover. This work examines the history of electronic media in education, from film through radio, television, and automated instruction, ending with a look at contemporary educational technology. It relates history to ideas about what schools are for, and how teachers should teach. Series: Media Ecology. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JNL; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
This book examines the history of electronic media in education, from film through radio, television, and automated instruction, ending with a look at contemporary educational technology. It shows how every new educational medium is argued to be compatible with the popular theories of learning, pedagogy, and curriculum of its time, and is embraced by school reformers as a means toward achieving the changes they desire. In particular, the book highlights the common themes that run through these stories, and that characterize today's discussions of educational technology. There is much to be learned from this history that is currently being ignored ... Read more
This book examines the history of electronic media in education, from film through radio, television, and automated instruction, ending with a look at contemporary educational technology. It shows how every new educational medium is argued to be compatible with the popular theories of learning, pedagogy, and curriculum of its time, and is embraced by school reformers as a means toward achieving the changes they desire. In particular, the book highlights the common themes that run through these stories, and that characterize today's discussions of educational technology. There is much to be learned from this history that is currently being ignored ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hampton Pr
Condition
New
Series
Media Ecology
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Cresskill, United States
ISBN
9781572734920
SKU
V9781572734920
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