Learning futures : education, technology, and social change / Keri Facer.
In the twenty-first century educators around the world are being told that they need to transform education systems to adapt young people for the challenges of a global digital knowledge economy. Too rarely, however, do we ask whether this future vision is robust, achievable or even desirable, wheth...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | In the twenty-first century educators around the world are being told that they need to transform education systems to adapt young people for the challenges of a global digital knowledge economy. Too rarely, however, do we ask whether this future vision is robust, achievable or even desirable, whether alternative futures might be in development, and what other possible futures might demand of education. Drawing on ten years of research into educational innovation and socio-technical change, working with educators, researchers, digital industries, students and policy-makers, this book questions. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 181 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136728228 1136728228 9780203817308 0203817303 9786613103260 6613103268 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |