Description
This book explores a range of issues in education and technology, and provides policy guidelines and strategies for those who have to make critical decisions about the use of technology in education systems and institutions. It adopts a first principles approach, with the main focus on educational purpose, treating technology as a tool that can serve education in various ways. To understand fully the implications of any technology for education and national development, we need to explore its growth and impact within different socio-economic, political and cultural contexts. Issues in Education and Technology richly illustrates this aspect of education and technology, through commissioned case studies drawn from Africa, the Caribbean, South-Asia and the United Kingdom.
This book concentrates on three broad areas in which technology can have the greatest influence and impact on education, namely
- access and equity,
- management and efficiency,
- pedagogy and quality.
Issues in Education and Technology explores the current and potential role of technology in each of these areas, from historical and contemporary perspectives. This promotes a better understanding of the key issues, helping readers to relate them to their own experience and thus to improve their decision making.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Foreword Dame Veronica Sutherland, Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
Introduction
1. Education, Technology and Development Revisited
A Review of the Links
Why Invest in Technology for Education?
The Basics of Technology and Development
Taking a New Look at Technology and Education
2. Technology and Access and Equity in Education
Understanding the Issues
Overview of Current Practices
Addressing the Challenges
Formulating Policies and Strategies
Case Study 1: Closing the Gap Between Information Rich and Poor in South African Schools Professor Roy Williams, Education for Development, Reading University, UK
Case Study 2: The African Virtual University (AVU) – Kenyatta University, Kenya Dr Magdallen N Juma, AVU, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
3. Technology for Management and Efficiency in Education
Understanding the Issues
Overview of Current Practices
Addressing the Challenges
Formulating Policies and Strategies
Case Study 3: The Use of Information Technology for the Management of Education in Singapore Dr Christina Soh, Information Management Research Centre, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
4. Technology for Quality Learning and Teaching
Understanding the Issues
Overview of Current Practices
Addressing the Challenges
Formulating Policies and Strategies
Case Study 4: The Training Implications of the ICT Revolution on Secondary Mathematics Douglas Butler, Director, Centre for ICT Training and Research, Oundle School, Oundle, UK
Case Study 5: The State of Electronic Publishing and its Impact on the Availability of Source Materials for Higher Education and Research Barbara Kirsop, Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, Stanfield House, Lincolnshire, UK
5. Summary Overview and the Way Forward
Current Realities and Future Challenges
Making Choices and Assessing Consequences
Sharing a Vision and Cultivating a Climate
Sharing Experiences, Expertise and Resources
Developing Concrete Policies, Plans and Strategies
Case Study 6: Information Technology and Education in the Caribbean Roderick Sanatan, Caribbean Telecommunications Union, Trinidad
The Contributors