The Nature of Technology Implications for Learning and Teaching

How does technology alter thinking and action without our awareness? How can instantaneous information access impede understanding and wisdom? How does technology alter conceptions of education, schooling, teaching and what learning entails? What are the

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The Nature of Technology Implications for Learning and Teaching

Edited by; Michael P. Clough Joanne K. Olson Dale S. Niederhauser Iowa State University, USA

A C.I.P. record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

ISBN: 978-94-6209-267-9 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6209-268-6 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6209-269-3 (e-book)

Published by: Sense Publishers, P.O. Box 21858, 3001 AW Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.sensepublishers.com/

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In memory of Neil Postman who said what needed to be said despite it not being popular. His writings and personal communication were the impetus for this book. MPC and JKO To David B. Owen, for his friendship and significant influence on my thinking that has sharpened my work and made many insights possible. Ancora imparo. JKO For Isaac, his contemporaries, and future generations who must learn to wisely use technology rather than permitting it to use them. MPC and JKO In memory of contributing author David H. Jonassen, a prodigious and prolific scholar. He was my friend. DSN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction Michael P. Clough, Joanne K. Olson & Dale S. Niederhauser

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Section I Philosophical & Historical Issues in the Nature of Technology Chapter 1: Informing Ourselves To Death Neil Postman Chapter 2: Know thy Cyborg-Self: Thoughts on Socrates and Technological Literacy Gordon Hull

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Chapter 3: The Interpersonal Divide Michael Bugeja

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Chapter 4: The Nature of Technoscience (NOTS) Suvi Tala

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Chapter 5: Computer Savvy but Technologically Illiterate: Rethinking Technology Literacy Teresa J. Shume Chapter 6: Transforming Learning with Technology: Beyond Modernism and Post-Modernism, or Whoever Controls the Technology Creates the Reality David H. Jonassen

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Section II Technology’s Faustian Bargain for Education Chapter 7: Visually Dominant, Dynamic and Yet Deceptive: The Nature of Simulation Technology as Displayed in Secondary School Science Teaching Jocelyn Wishart

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Chapter 8: Social Networking Technology and Societal Expectations for Teachers as Role Models Joanne K. Olson, Michael P. Clough, & Kimberly A. Penning

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Chapter 9: And Now this . . . Problem: Neil Postman, Technology and the Secondary School Mathematics Curriculum Michael Todd Edwards, Suzanne R. Harper, & Robert M. Klein

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Chapter 10: A Cautionary Note: Technology’s Tendency to Undermine Serious Study and Teaching Joanne K. Olson & Michael P. Clough Chapter 11: Smart Boards, Money and the Pedagogy of Watching Amy Noelle Parks Chapter 12: The Purposes of Schooling and The