The Information Age: Technology, Learning and Exclusion in Wales (Politics and Society in Wales) - Softcover

Neil Selwyn; Stephen Gorard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0708317081 ISBN 13: 9780708317082

Publisher: University of Wales Press, 2002

Synopsis

The Information Age offers a critical examination of the challenges a newly-devolved Wales faces in reinventing itself as a confident and competitive 'e-nation'. The development and exploitation of technology has long been at the core of Welsh economic and social life and has assumed even greater significance over the last few decades with the emergence of new information and communication technologies. Neil Selwyn and Stephen Gorard suggest that small countries will lose out if they fail to adopt appropriate strategies for lifelong learning and combat the danger of a 'digital divide'. At the same time, their extensive empirical research offers early indications of the likely shortcomings of relying on technology alone to promote knowledge and social inclusion. Wales faces major structural, economic and socio-cultural challenges. None of these will be overcome by relying solely on 'technical fixes'.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen Gorard is Professor of Education and Public Policy, and Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute at Durham University, and Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Birmingham.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0708317081
• ISBN 13: 9780708317082
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240