Computers and Social Knowledge; Opportunities and Opportunity Cost.

Autor/in	Hartoonian, Michael
Titel	Computers and Social Knowledge; Opportunities and Opportunity Cost.
Quelle	(1984), (9 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computers; Educational Needs; Educational Objectives; Educational Opportunities; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Futures (of Society); Higher Education; Intellectual Disciplines; Interdisciplinary Approach; Racial Discrimination; Sex Discrimination; Social Class; Social Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Digitalrechner; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Future; Society; Zukunft; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Geisteswissenschaften; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Racial bias; Rassismus; Sex; Discrimination; Geschlecht; Diskriminierung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Social problem; Soziales Problem
Abstract	Educators must use computers to move society beyond the information age and toward the age of wisdom. The movement toward knowledge and wisdom constitutes an evolution beyond the "third wave" or electronic/information age, the phase of history in which, according to Alvin Toffler, we are now living. We are already moving into a fourth wave, the microbiotechnological age, which has at its base the powerful combination of the computer and the explosion of knowledge. This fourth wave is driven by knowledge as applied to natural and social phenomena and is aligned with the more traditional notion of subject matter. In the fourth wave computers will be turned more toward specific disciplines and will give up a great deal of their former task as organizers of information; students will need to spend time with computers within subject areas. In order to reach the fifth wave, known as the age of wisdom and judgment, attention must be paid to the concept of opportunity. There must be equal opportunity for computer usage relative to class, race, and sex; there must be fair use of computers across discipline lines; and the computer must be used to help educators teach more knowledge in school programs. (RM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01