The tower under siege: technology, policy, and education
by Lewis, Brian
We are facing a paradigm shift in education, pushed by technology and the new delivery systems it makes possible, and pulled by the demands of lifelong learning required by a knowledge community. Issues involving the nature of education, its definition, its power structure, and its culture are being debated: the question is not only how something is taught but what is taught, when, why, by whom, and for what purpose. In this book the authors explore these important themes and issues from the va…
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- Full title :The tower under siege : technology, policy, and education / Brian Lewis, Christine Massey, and Richard Smith.
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We are facing a paradigm shift in education, pushed by technology and the new delivery systems it makes possible, and pulled by the demands of lifelong learning required by a knowledge community. Issues involving the nature of education, its definition, its power structure, and its culture are being debated: the question is not only how something is taught but what is taught, when, why, by whom, and for what purpose. In this book the authors explore these important themes and issues from the varying perspectives of students, teachers, policy makers, adn administrators. They describe the opportunities, changes, and policies developing in Canadian universities and governments in response to the education revolution.
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- Publication Date:©2001.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Mcgill-Queen's University Press
- Place of Publication:Montréal
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2001.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 178 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0773521704, 9780773521704, 0773521712, 9780773521711
- oclc:ocm45629897
- LC Classification:LB2395.7
- Dewey Decimal:378/.00285
Table of Contents
A Call to Arms: Promises and Politics of Telelearning Technologies -- Throwing Down the Gauntlet: The Rise of the For-Profit Educational Industry / Nicholas V. Galan -- From the Ramparts: Government Telelearning Policies -- Strategies: Federal and Provincial Government Policy Initiatives -- Dispatches from the Front: Policies and Policy Practices in Post-Secondary Institutions -- In the Trenches: Student Perspectives / Brent de Waal -- Negotiating the Terrain: Strategies for the Future.
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