Teaching a Nineteenth-Century Mode of Thinking through a Twentieth-Century Machine.

Bowers, C. A.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Teaching a Nineteenth-Century Mode of Thinking through a Twentieth-Century Machine.

Bowers, C. A.

Educational Theory, v38 n1 p41-46 Win 1988

The use of the microcomputer shapes the student's way of thinking, it is argued, thereby reinforcing the patterns of social interaction, the legitimacy of what constitutes knowledge, and the ideology of the educational experience. The computer mediates the cultural transmission process. The role of the teacher as amplifier and clarifier becomes vital. (MT)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Access to Information, Aesthetic Values, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Social Integration, Teacher Role

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