Education and Technology in the Third Wave.

Thomas, Gary

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Publication Date: 1986

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Education and Technology in the Third Wave.

Thomas, Gary

Oxford Review of Education, v12 n3 p223-31 1986

Argues that technology now offers the opportunity for neutralizing the conflicting demands of child-centered, progressive, humanistic education with the back-to-basics demands voiced in recent years. Analyzes why education has had difficulty in responding to the potential of new technology. (JDH)

Descriptors: Back to Basics, Conventional Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Methods, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Progressive Education, Student Centered Curriculum, Traditional Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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