ERIC Number: EJ734117
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Publication Date: 2004-Dec
Pages: 22
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Just Another Tool? IT Pedagogy and the Commodification of Education
Monahan, Torin
Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, v36 n4 p271-292 Dec 2004
This article investigates the social relations being produced through the incorporation of information technology (IT) into educational practices. Drawing upon field research with the Los Angeles public school system, the article analyzes social relations in three technology classrooms, discusses gender and ethnic inequalities with technology, and documents the kinds of educational technology programs that teachers and administrators find valuable. Rather than IT being an apolitical tool, these examples illustrate how technologies operate within larger ideological systems, linking students and public institutions intimately with globalization processes of privatization and commodification. In conclusion, an alternative framework for technology pedagogy is introduced, one that confronts the politics of technology by perceiving information technologies as "social media" rather than simple tools.
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Practices, Privatization, Information Technology, Educational Technology, Public Schools, Gender Differences, Administrators
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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