Education Technology and the Failure of American Schools
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- ISBN 9781475811124
- Weight: 354g
- Dimensions: 152 x 227mm
- Publication Date: 31 Dec 2014
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book looks at the progress of American education in the use of technology since the publication of Stallard and Cocker's last book, The Promise of Technology in Schools: The Next Twenty Years. Fifteen years after its publication, they find little significant difference in the way K-12 schools are using technology to improve student achievement. Education Technology and the Failure of American Schools offers a broad and penetrating look at the American educational system to determine why progress is so lacking. What is found is a system that has far outlived its functionality in terms of governance, organization, and professional practices. American schools are compared to those of nations whose students regularly outperform them on international tests of achievement. The authors offer a bold approach to educational reform that will irritate many who now consider themselves educational leaders. The final chapter makes offers a new approach to education in the primary grades, one that will surprise those lobbying for more computers for those early learning years. This is a must-read for anyone concerned about American education.
The contributors of this book:
Offer clear examples of what is missing in the average school experienceExplain why teaching and school administration are not true professionsDiscuss levels of failure from the federal level to the local school administrationDescribe how the present system came into beingCompare educational reform efforts with those in actual professionsExplain the basic misapplication of technology in the present system
Charles K. Stallard is a graduate of the University of Virginia and East Tennessee State University. His career as teacher, professor, and college and public School administrator span forty years during which he has consulted with governments, the U.S. Military, and hardware and software companies around the world.
Julie Cocker is a graduate of Virginia Tech and specializes in remedial education for low achieving and students with behavioral problems.
