Child Machine and the Machine, Mocracy: How Computers Put Our Children's Education at Risk - Softcover

Armstrong, A.; Casement, C

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589040058 ISBN 13: 9781589040052

Publisher: Roundhouse Publishing Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

In the United States, a record $6.5 billion was spent on educational technology for the 1998-99 school year, while funding for music, arts, and other specialty areas continued to shrink. Yet nearly every measure of our children's educational performance remains stagnant. The Child and The Machine paints a compelling picture of how our rush to use computers in schools has led to one of the most expensive and least helpful revolutions in the history of our education system.

About this title

About the Author

Alison Armstrong was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada as a child. She is the author of several books for schoolchildren, and co-author of the anthology Mythic Voices(then, Alison Dickie), which is used in schools in Canada, the United States, and Australia. A journalist and an active parent representative on educational committees, she lives in Toronto with her husband and her two school-aged children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Roundhouse Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589040058
• ISBN 13: 9781589040052
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256