A Critique of the Brave New World of K-12 Education

Autor/in	Salmani Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali
Titel	A Critique of the Brave New World of K-12 Education
Quelle	4 (2008) 2, S.1-5 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Elementary Secondary Education; Distance Education; Cooperative Learning; Computer Mediated Communication; Educational Technology; Role; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Kooperatives Lernen; Computerkonferenz; Unterrichtsmedien; Rollen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Over the past few decades life style has changed so rapidly that remote areas of the Earth are now inhabited by human beings. Technology has also developed and people can stay at home and have access to virtual schools. This has stimulated the need for K-12 Education. K-12 education has emerged from the no-child-left-behind concerns of governments for educating the young population of their countries. This paper is a critique of such an educational system. It begins with a definition of K-12 distance education, and notices the five most popular K-12 systems: Statewide supplemental programs, District-level supplemental programs, Single-district cyber schools, Multi-district cyber schools, and Cyber charters. It then describes the most popular instructional practices within these K-12 systems and identifies them as: Instructor-led Training (ILT), Collaborative Learning, Computer-based Training (CBT), Web-based Training (WBT), and Electronic Performance Support System (EPSS). Then the paper compares K-12 education to traditional educational systems and identifies their advantages and disadvantages. In the end it concludes that computer or mass media technology has no special powers to enhance and facilitate learning unless it is embedded with instruction that addresses social and cognitive processes of knowledge construction. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10