Internet in Schools: An Innovation Challenge : A Comparative Study: California, England and Singapore

ISBN-13: 9783639171419 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 404 str.

Marylou Shockley

Opis

The Internet in schools presents challenges to education. This book looks at the issues of technology-based transformation from the perspectives of teachers and policy makers. Educational institutions in California, England, and Singapore were the research venues. From a teacher s perspective, embedding the Internet or any technological tool into their classroom is based on a time for value assessment. In all three venues, the research found that teachers use the Internet as a tool for administrative tasks; however, they found it difficult to integrate this technology into their classrooms because the Internet s time investment for value received did not fully meet most teachers expectations. Policy makers face a challenge of shaping a complex technology like the Internet to effectively fit into the social, physical and pedagogical parameters of classrooms. As technologies such as the Internet continue to morph, the ongoing dilemma of fit to classroom environments will continue to pose challenges to education.

O autorze

Dr. Marylou L. Shockley is currently the Chair of the School of
Business at California State University-Monterey Bay. She
received her DPhil. from the Sa d Business School at Oxford
University. Dr. Shockley is also a Stanford University Sloan
Fellow. She has extensive managerial experience in the
telecommunications industry.