1st Edition
Shift to the Future Rethinking Learning with New Technologies in Education
By Nicola Yelland
Copyright 2007
212 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
212 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
216 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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New technologies are dramatically changing the face of education and the nature of childhood itself. In Shift to the Future , Nicola Yelland examines the ways in which these technologies are reshaping the social, personal, and educational experiences of childhood, and explores the curricular revisions such changes demand. With a focus on the various information and communications technologies... Read more
Chapter One – The Millennials Chapter Two – New Contexts for Learning Chapter Three – Making Meaning: Technology as Play Chapter Four – Thinking and Knowing: Informal Learning at Home and in Communities Chapter Five – New Ways of Learning in School Chapter Six – New Learning in the Third Millennium Chapter Seven – Where Next? Supporting Learning and Understanding Learners in the 21st Century Appendices References
Biography
Nicola Yelland is Professor of Education in the School of Education at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. She is series editor of Routledge's Changing Images of Early Childhood series.
'This lovely little book makes a brave..and successful attempt to consider and assess futures of learning.' - British Journal of Educational Technology
