A leader in educational technology separates truth from hype,
explaining what tech can—and can’t—do to transform our
classrooms. Proponents of large-scale learning have boldly promised
that technology can disrupt traditional approaches to schooling,
radically accelerating learning and democratizing education.
Much-publicized experiments, often underwritten by Silicon Valley
entrepreneurs, have been launched at elite universities and in
elementary schools in the poorest neighborhoods. Such was the
excitement that, in 2012, the New York Times declared the “year
of the MOOC.” Less than a decade later, that pronouncement seems
premature. In Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t
Transform Education, Justin Reich delivers a sobering report card
on the latest supposedly transformative educational technologies.
Reich takes readers on a tour of MOOCs, autograders, computerized
“intelligent tutors,” and other educational technologies whose
problems and paradoxes have bedeviled educators. Learning
technologies—even those that are free to access—often provide
the greatest benefit to affluent students and do little to combat
growing inequality in education. And institutions and investors
often favor programs that scale up quickly, but at the expense of
true innovation. It turns out that technology cannot by itself
disrupt education or provide shortcuts past the hard road of
institutional change. Technology does have a crucial role to play
in the future of education, Reich concludes. We still need new
teaching tools, and classroom experimentation should be encouraged.
But successful reform efforts will focus on incremental
improvements, not the next killer app.
General
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2020 |
Authors: |
Justin Reich
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-08904-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-674-08904-9 |
Barcode: |
9780674089044 |
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