1st Edition

Education Networks Power, Wealth, Cyberspace, and the Digital Mind

By Joel Spring Copyright 2012
208 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Education Networks is a critical analysis of the emerging intersection among the global power elite, information and communication technology, and schools. Joel Spring documents and examines the economic and political interests and forces —including elite networks, the for-profit education industry, data managers, and professional educators — that are pushing the use of ICT for online... Read more

Preface

Chapter 1 The Digital Mind, Superclass Networks and Education

Chapter 2 Shadow Elites, Global Networks, and the Education Industry

Chapter 3 Educational Policies and ICT: Superclass and Shadow Elites

Chapter 4 Educators Embrace Gaming and Online Instruction

Chapter 5 The Digital Minds and Brains of Students

Chapter 6 Political Education and Liberation Technology

Chapter 7 Schools of Tomorrow: The Effect of Technological Evolution

Index

Biography

Joel Spring is Professor of Education, Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His acclaimed work in Educational Policy Studies involves the application of history, sociology, economics, political science, and philosophy to the analysis of national and global school programs. He is the author of over twenty scholarly books and textbooks on these topics.