Educational goals for a global future: teaching technology versus teaching with technology
Lynch A.
1998
Technology in Society
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10.1016/S0160-791X(98)00019-0
There is a strong drive to increase computer technology in the classroom. This drive is backed by desires to create equity of educational opportunity through the standardization of facilities, and to discover a 'magic pill' to cure what ails an educational system that is less than globally competitive. The technology solution argument has overshadowed the fact that liberal arts education, especially language and cultural education, are the key components enabling any students to participate successfully in the global market. Multicultural communication skills and respect for diversity, as well as self awareness and critical thinking skills, are essential for technologically educated students to excel in an academic context.
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