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ERIC Number: ED586190
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Feb
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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Educational Technologies and Teacher Autonomy. BCTF Research Report. 2017-TC-02
British Columbia Teachers' Federation
Following recent analysis by "We The Educators", a joint project of the Alberta Teachers' Association, the Canadian Teachers' Federation and Education International, the global proliferation of education technologies is inseparable from "the privatisation and standardization of education occurring around the world" (We The Educators, 2017, p. 1). Drawing on interdisciplinary research, the report argues that there are four key areas that have the potential to profoundly shape the impact that educational technologies have on teaching and learning. These are: "standardization, personalization, privatisation and the datafication of learning". Taken together, the concern is that educational technologies can contribute to the deprofessionalization of teaching and profoundly impact teacher autonomy. The rest of this report positions these concepts within existing British Columbia Teachers' Federation BCTF research and position statements, and raises key questions as to how Information and Community Technology "ICT-enabled learning environments" can enhance, rather than hinder, the fundamental goals of public education.
British Columbia Teachers' Federation. 100-550 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4P2, Canada. Tel: 800-663-9163; Tel: 604-871-2283; Web site: http://www.bctf.ca
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) (Canada)
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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