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Software Goes to School - Teaching for Understanding with New Technologies (Hardcover, New)
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Software Goes to School - Teaching for Understanding with New Technologies (Hardcover, New)
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Declining test scores, burgeoning drop-out rates, poor showings in
international comparisons-the malaise of public education seems to
grow everyday. In this context, technology has emerged as one of
the hopes of a renewed educational enterprise. Yet modern
information-processing technologies have proved far from a panacea
for the ills of education. Software Goes to School describes why
that is the case in its consideration of three broad themes. The
first part of the book addresses the question of what it means to
understand. What constitutes understanding something? What are our
principle resources in teaching for understanding? The second part
of the book focuses front and centre on what technology can offer
in teaching for understanding. Individual chapters examine how
technologies afford new ways of representing complex concepts and
make available new means by which students can manipulate abstract
entities in a "hands-on" way. The last part of the book discusses
the complexities of realistic educational settings, explores what
happens when technology-based innovations are introduced, and
examines the means by which a pedagogy of understanding can take
root and thrive. Authored by an eminent group of researchers, this
book offers numerous practical guidelines on how computers and
software can work together for the betterment of the teaching
process. Students and professionals in educational psychology,
developmental psychology, and educational computing-as well as
concerned parents-will want to read this stimulating new work.
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