The child and the machine
Subtitle: how computers put our children's education at risk
By: Alison Armstrong and Charles Casement
Contributors: Casement, Charles
Publisher: Robins Lane Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Beltsville, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780876592106
Subjects: Informatique; Kritik; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Computers and children; Éducation; Ordinateurs et enfants; Child development; Computer-assisted instruction; Enseignement assisté par ordinateur; Data processing; Développement; Education; Enfants
Description: "Does classroom technology really prepare our children for the future? Do computers really help our children learn to read, write, or think? What do we lose when we strip funding from art, music, and physical education programs to help pay for new technology in our nation's schools?" "Drawing from hundreds of school visits, studies, and expert interviews, The Child and the Machine paints a picture of how our uncritical rush to use computers in schools has led to one of the most expensive and least helpful revolutions in the history of U.S. education."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: Educational technology and illusions of "progress" --; title: White knight or white elephant? The real costs of computerizing education --; title: Disembodied brain --; title: Online to success? Computer-based instruction and academic achievement --; title: Young reader and the screen --; title: Young writer and the screen --; title: Information maze --; title: Caught in the Web: children's advertising on the Internet --; title: Physical effects of computer use --; title: Art of learning --; title: Real world of learning --; title: Finding technology's place.