Upon What Does the Turtle Stand? [Hardcover]

Aharon Aviram (Editor), Janice Richardson (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 20, 2004 | ISBN-10: 1402027982 | ISBN-13: 978-1402027987 | Edition: 1

The societal changes engendered by the rapid technological advances of the past century underline more than ever the crucial need to reflect on the future of our educational systems. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have completely modified our living, working, spending and leisure patterns, but do they also offer the very opportunity that we, as citizens, parents, teachers and politicians, have been seeking to ensure that children all over the world have access to an education that will enable them to become masters of their own lives? "Upon What Does the Turtle Stand?" attempts to answer this question by: examining the social aims underlying ICT integration in education; providing readers with a broad overview of the subject; underlining similarities and differences, points of accord and of conflict in implementation strategies and approaches; presenting the issue from the standpoint of highly experienced experts in the field; enabling readers to perceive more clearly the fundamental aims and values upon which "The Turtle Stands". This publication offers a wealth of information to researchers, academics, university lecturers, students, teacher trainers and trainees, educationalists and policy makers in their quest to define the rightful role of ICT in education.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 258 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 20, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402027982
• ISBN-13: 978-1402027987
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,217,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to the chaotic field of e.learning, May 23, 2005

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Vyacheslav Volpert "VVK" (Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Upon What Does the Turtle Stand? (Hardcover)

I have been interested in the subject of e.learning for a long time. As a young teacher I have done my best to introduce e.learning to my work- I understand this is a must, without it our teaching will become obsolete. We simply should learn to speak the language of the new generation.. Still I have always been puzzled by the chaotic nature of this field, the lack of any accepted mappings of this "jungle" and the lack of systematic thinking starting with the aims of education and continuing to the ways e.learnign can serve them; as well as the lack of mapping of the major factors leading to the difficulties in introducing it .

All the training sessions on these issues I have taken part in and books I have read - focused on the practicalities and ignored the above more fundamental issues . This has always frustrated me. This book is the first which goes much beyond the mere practicalities (without ignoring them) . It supplied me with an accessible mapping of this chaotic field, understanding of possible ultimate goals and acknowledgement of the many differences and gaps in knowledge still characterizing it. Reading it has been for me a real intellectually exciting and professionally and personally empowering experience. I recommend it to anybody who is involved in the area of e.learning with interests going beyond the concrete and the immediate.