Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education Monahan TorinPevná vazba
Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education Monahan TorinPevná vazba Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education documents the dramatic changes taking place in public…
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Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education Monahan TorinPevná vazba
Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education documents the dramatic changes taking place in public education through the incorporation of new information technologies. Yet a closer look at the interplay of technological change and organizational restructuring suggests the emergence of new, less promising power relations. These additions to the public school environment have generally been seen as enabling tools to help students and nations compete in the global marketplace.
Through detailed ethnographic research and interviews in the Los Angeles public school system, Torin Monahan reveals how, with few exceptions, these changes to the educational process are forcing both students and workers to adapt to systems that are ever more rigid and