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ERIC Number: EJ606743
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-1013
Visions of Change: Information Technology, Education and Postmodernism.
Conlon, Tom
British Journal of Educational Technology, v31 n2 p109-16 Apr 2000
Encourages visionary questions relating to information technology and education. Describes the context of postmodernist change and discusses two contrasting visions of how education could change, paternalism and libertarianism. Concludes that teachers, learners, and communities need to articulate their own visions of education to ensure a desirable future. (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Technology, Futures (of Society), Information Technology, Postmodernism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Change Analysis; Paternalism; Visioning
Note: Issue theme: Intelligent Information and Communications Technology for Education and Training in the 21st Century.