The alienation of fact digital educational privatization, AI, and the false promise of bodies and numbers / Kenneth J. Saltman.

Author/creator Saltman, Kenneth J., 1969-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
Descriptionxxiv, 200 pages ; 21 cm
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Contents The Alienation of Fact -- AI and the Digital Educational Privatization -- New Directions of Global Educational Privatization -- The Lego Foundation and the Quantification of Play -- Conspiracy Against Theory -- Trust in Numbers, Distrust in Experts -- "Privilege-Checking", "Virtue-Signaling", "Affinity Groups", and "Safe Spaces" -- Conclusion.
Abstract "Saltman wrestles with the contradiction between the demand for radical empiricism ("data driven" everything) in contemporary education, and the flight from evidence in the enactment of policy and politics"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2022005023
ISBN9780262544368 (Paperback)
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