At Issue Series - Computers and Education (hardcover edition) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0737716096 ISBN 13: 9780737716092

Publisher: Greenhaven Press, 2003

Synopsis

Many parents and teachers feel that educational technology is vital in helping students succeed in the modern information economy. However, other educators maintain that schools' investments in computer-assisted education have not paid off. This volume highlights the main arguments about what role computers should play in the classroom.

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Review:

"The topic is intriguing, and the generally vehement tome of the selections provides much for students to ponder and debate."
-- Booklist (Febraury 2003) (Booklist 20030201)

"This book is great for debate material or as a writing prompt for persuasive essays. This collection is for mature readers with the critical-thinking skills needed to understand and evaluate the materials."
-- School Library Journal (August 2002) (School Library Journal 20020801)

"The book should prove useful for research papers or debates. This is a reasoned and relatively neutral treatment."
-- School Library Journal (July 2002) (School Library Journal 20020701)

"Contributors include doctors, psychiatrists, and members of activist groups...Arguments, which are accompanied by references are well presented and occasionally quite riveting. Lots of opinion and information worth further examination."
-- Booklist (June 2002) (Booklist 20020615)

"A wealth of diagrams and illustrations helps clarify the procedures and principles essential to understanding the discussions."
-- School Library Journal (June 2002) (School Library Journal 20020601)

"Throughout this text keeps arguments even-tempered, information straightforward, and details unsensationalized."
-- Booklist (May 2002) (Booklist 20020515)

"Greenhaven's anthologies provide pertinent, original source material for researchers who are interested in varied perpectives on controversial topics. Most middle and high school libraries have books in their collections that deal with these issues, but few do so in such a clearly differentiatied, balanced manner. These slim volumes...complement and balance books that purport to deal with the topics in general or that present only one viewpoint. Recommended."
-- The Book Report (March-April 2002) (Book Report 20020401)

"Among the books many strengths is its inclusion of diverse, opinionated essayists who come from many professions and have varying expertise."
-- Booklist (April 2001) (Booklist 20010401)

"For readers who prefer to know both sides of a perspective, Greenhaven Press presents a new series - At Issue. Experts offer their opinions on controversial subjects facing our society today. The At Issue series is for the discerning reader. If you want to be well versed and understanding on a specific topic, this series will open your mind on the many sides of an issue."
-- Eclectic Book Reviews (January-April 2001) (UNKNOWN 20010401)

"Collection of starkly personal essays...First person accounts then take readers on some startling and intimate journeys. A few essays are more analytical...Some are impassioned views...In all cases, the writers include vivid details and some eye-opening viewpoints."
-- Booklist (March 2001) (Booklist 20010315)

From School Library Journal:

A collection of articles gleaned from professional publications that alternately favor and question the efficacy of computer-assisted education and computer literacy, both in terms of how they are being used and whether, in some cases, they should be. While the articles will create many more questions than they decisively answer, these are questions that need to be asked. The 12 authoritative essays are organized in a pro/con format. While some of the selections consider the possibly exciting potential of the technology, others express deep concern for ramifications that have wide-ranging social implications. However, most are neither flat-out endorsements nor indictments as they are points of view that will help identify and consider positive and negative short- and long-term effects and our approach to this whole new world of information. Though certainly useful to upper-grade students doing research, this book really should be read by educators who so often either dive full-blown into new ideas or stubbornly resist them. And isn't that most of us?
Mary R. Hofmann, Rivera Middle School, Merced, CA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenhaven Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0737716096
• ISBN 13: 9780737716092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 122
• Editor: James D. Torr