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Are computers effective learning tools for young children? Can computers help our children to learn to read and write, and think? This is the first book ever to address these questions. Drawing upon hundreds of international studies, as well as first-hand observations and accounts from classrooms across North America, the authors discover some important, and at times alarming answers. Groundbreaking in the depth and rigor of its research, credible in its conclusions, this book is essential reading for parents, teachers, and policymakers. It will change dramatically the way we think about the place of computers in our children's education.
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The Child and the Machine
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Key Porter Books, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1998
ISBN 10: 1552630048
ISBN 13: 9781552630044
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The Child and the Machine: Why Computers Put Children's Education at Risk Casement, Charles and Armstrong, Alison
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Condition: Very Good. A tight and unmarked copy-" From educators to parents, everyone seems to be clamoring for state-of-the-art school computers in the pervasive belief that computer literacy provides children with a competitive edge in the professional and business world. But where is the evidence that computer use improves basic skills like reading, writing, and comprehension? The Child and the Machine is the first book of our time to challenge, credibly and rigorously, our obsession with a technology that, the authors contend, is wreaking havoc with our children`s lives. Drawing on hundreds of studies from North America, Europe, and Japan, as well as first-hand accounts of classrooms across North America, the authors paint a sobering picture of the ineffectiveness of computers, and their negative effects on children`s educational development. Fortunately, The Child and the Machine also offers recommendations for correcting what the authors see as a potentially disastrous situation. Controversial and compelling, The Child and the Machine is bound to spark heated and prolonged debate among all those who care about education. The Child and the Machine won the Book of the Year Award from Foreward Magazine (an American publisher's magazine for the small presses) in the Education category."-Two pages are dog eared otherwise tight and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 16444