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Why we all want it to work: towards a culturally based model for technology and educational change
Author(s) -
Kerr Stephen T.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00570.x
Subject(s) - typology , educational technology , sociology , work (physics) , emerging technologies , memetics , knowledge management , engineering ethics , technology education , pedagogy , computer science , engineering , anthropology , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence
This paper explores reasons why the use of technology in education may be so attractive to so many people. Two emerging perspectives—memetics, and the social history of technology—are explored, and a typology of technology‐as‐cultural‐tool is presented. Finally, implications of these ideas for educational change are considered.