The Information Society: Byting the Hand that Feeds You.

Bernstein, Harriet T.

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ERIC Number: EJ289624

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Publication Date: 1983

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The Information Society: Byting the Hand that Feeds You.

Bernstein, Harriet T.

Phi Delta Kappan, v65 n2 p108-09 Oct 1983

This position paper denounces what the author considers to be an increasing and excessive reliance on computers and technological advancements generally as panaceas for educational and social problems whose real resolution demands the skills of "citizens with a basic liberal arts education" rather than those of technocrats. (JBM)

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Projections, Futures (of Society), Labor Force Development, Labor Needs, Liberal Arts, Problem Solving, Technological Advancement, Technological Literacy

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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