- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Harvard University Press; New edition edition (April 30 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0674011090
- ISBN-13: 978-0674011090
- Product Dimensions: 20.7 x 14 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 381 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #466,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Challenging "the belief that if technology were introduced to the classroom, it would be used; and if it were used, it would transform schooling," Stanford education professor Larry Cuban (Teachers and Machines) provides a jargon-free, critical look at the actual use of computers by teachers and students in early childhood education, high school and university classrooms in Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom. Combining an historical overview of school technologies with statistical data and direct observation of classroom practices in several Silicon Valley schools, he concludes that, "Without a broader vision of the social and civic role that schools perform in a democratic society, our excessive focus on technology use in schools runs the danger of trivializing our nation's core ideals."
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.From Library Journal
Cuban (education, Stanford) has written extensively about school reform (e.g., How Scholars Trumped Teachers). In his latest work, he disputes the policymakers who have thrust computers into schools without much regard for the educators who are expected to improve students' learning with the new technologies. In fact, Cuban's 2001-2000 study of Silicon Valley schools, discussed and analyzed in the first two-thirds of the book, showed that less than ten percent of the teachers used their classroom computers at least once a week. Another unanticipated finding was that there was no evidence that information technologies increased students' academic achievement. Arguing that the educational revolution that computers were expected to incite has progressed far too slowly, he recommends that administrators involve teachers in the planning and implementation of technology plans and allow them more unstructured time, technical support, and professional development opportunities to optimize the educational benefits that computers offer. Highly recommended for academic and public libraries. Will Hepfer, SUNY at Buffalo Libs.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Great observations, but fails to answer main question: SO?,
By Satsuma (Maryland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom (Hardcover)
"Oversold and Underused" uses the author's apparently great array of resources to compile a comprehensive study on one of the newest, most popular educational fads: computers.They're everywhere. In computer labs, in classrooms, and in libraries (now, because of this, called "media centers" in many places), among others. Larry Cuban does a good job detailing this, using both previous studies and his own ones. But this book is flawed in that he does not go nearly far enough in describing the ramifications of such a drastic change in the educational landscape. And he never satisfactorally answers what should be his one of his primary concerns: do computers help students learn? All in all, this is a good book to check out of the library and leaf through to get a better grasp of the increasing presence of computers in schools today.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great observations, but fails to answer main question: SO?,
By Satsuma (Maryland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom (Hardcover)
"Oversold and Underused" uses the author's apparently great array of resources to compile a comprehensive study on one of the newst, most popular educational fad: computers.They're everywhere. In computer labs, in classrooms, and in libraries (now, because of this, called "media centers" in many places), among others. Larry Cuban does a good job detailing this, using both previous studies and his own ones. But this book is flawed in that he does not go nearly far enough in describing the ramifications of such a drastic change in the educational landscape. And he never satisfactorally answers what should be his one of his primary concerns: do computers help students learn? All in all, this is a good book to check out of the library and leaf through to get a better grasp of the increasing presence of computers in schools today.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Are they really underused?,
By Joe Stepniak (Wesminster, CO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom (Paperback)
The book contains a lot of good information, including surveys, and observations. I do however, have some questions. If computers are so underused, how come everybody is always trying to get more lab time because the computer labs are booked up?Secondly, there are technophobes. Some people just can't handle any kind of technology. How many vcr's still flash 12:00?
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