ERIC Number: EJ1083589
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Publication Date: 2010
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Disrupting Determinism: Classroom Design as a Technology
Bowers, Bret
CEA Forum, v39 n1 p108-117 Win-Spr 2010
This section articulates classroom design as a technology. However, by technology I do not simply mean the ways in which technology is used in the writing classroom, but that the classroom space itself functions as a technology. Like Katherine Fredlund and Vanessa Cozza, I too will be discussing the design of the classroom; however, unlike them I will focus my analysis on design through the lens of technology. By viewing classroom design through the lens of technology, I hope to unveil the underlying ideologies in classroom spaces. Furthermore, by taking a substantive view of these classroom spaces, I hope to show the ways in which these spaces dominate the individual pedagogical practices. This view of the classroom will emphasize that these classrooms have been constructed--engineered--and therefore new paths can be found to change the way in which the physical classroom space limits interaction and pedagogy. Through this articulation, I will conclude by looking at ways to disrupt, decenter and democratize these static classroom environments and ultimately investigate new practices so that writing instructors can take back control.
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Space Utilization, Educational Methods, Democracy, Writing Instruction
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Language: English
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