Expanding the Range, Dividing the Task: Educating the Human Brain in an Electronic Society.

Sylwester, Robert

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Publication Date: 1990

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Expanding the Range, Dividing the Task: Educating the Human Brain in an Electronic Society.

Sylwester, Robert

Educational Leadership, v48 n2 p771-78 Oct 1990

Reviews five properties of the brain that are central to dividing educational tasks between minds and machines and creating curricula to help students understand the complementary relationships between the brain and supportive machinery. The curriculum should focus on knowledge, skills, and values that most characterize and enhance our brain's capabilities. (MLH)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Design, Cybernetics, Elementary Secondary Education

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