Education, technology, power : educational computing as a social practice / edited by Hank Bromley and Michael W. Apple.

Other author Bromley, Hank.
Other author Apple, Michael W.
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
Descriptionvii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Education--Data processing. --Social aspects.
Computer-assisted instruction--Social aspects.
Computer managed instruction--Social aspects.
Critical pedagogy.

SeriesSUNY series, frontiers in education
SUNY series, frontiers in education. ^A233754
Contents Introduction: data-driven democracy? social assessment of educational computing / Hank Bromley -- The mythic machine: gendered irrationalities and computer culture / Zoë Sofia -- The everyday aesthetics of computer education / Anthony P. Scott -- Telling tales out of school: modernist, critical, and postmodern "true stories" about educational computing / Mary Bryson and Suzanne de Castell -- Computer advertising and the construction of gender / Matthew Weinstein -- "I like computers, but many girls don't": gender and the sociocultural context of computing / Brad R. Huber and Janet Ward Schofield -- "You don't have to be a teacher to teach this unit": teaching, technology, and control in the classroom / Michael W. Apple and Susan Jungck -- Control and power in educational computing / Peter H. Kahn, Jr. and Batya Friedman -- Using computers to connect across cultural divides / Brigid A. Starkey -- Learning to exercise power: computers and community development / Antonia Stone.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-241) and indexes.
LCCN 97035887
ISBN0791437973 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0791437981 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks LB1028.43 .E372 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold