Globalization, technological change, and public education.

Autor/in	Monahan, Torin
Titel	Globalization, technological change, and public education.
Quelle	New York u.a.: Routledge (2005), XIV, 213 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Social theory, education, and cultural change series
Beigaben	Illustrationen; Literaturangaben S. 197-207
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis Verlagsangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-415-95102-X; 0-415-95103-8
Schlagwörter	Gesellschaft; Soziale Interaktion; Kommunikationsmittel; Bildungspolitik; Technologische Entwicklung; Globalisierung; Dezentralisierung; Welt
Abstract	Through detailed ethnographic research and interviews in a large urban public school system, this book describes examples of "globalization on the ground" and documents the dramatic changes taking place in public education through the incorporation of new information technologies. These additions to the public school environment have generally been seen as enabling tools to help students and nations compete in the global marketplace. Yet a closer look at the interplay of technological change and organizational restructuring suggests the emergence of new, less promising power relations. With few exceptions, information technologies are used to demand greater flexibility of students and workers to adapt to systems that are ever more rigid and controlling. The book offers a holistic perspective on the effects of technological change, organizational restructuring, and geographical emplacement upon the lives of people in the system. The book successfully illustrates the resonance that these changes have with similar ones occurring in other public institutions and places. (DIPF/Orig./cs).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2006/5