| Educating the Postmodern Child: The Struggle for Learning in a World of Virtual Realities Contributor(s): Long, Fiachra (Author) |
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ISBN: 1441103872 ISBN-13: 9781441103871 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $198.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 371.93 |
| LCCN: 2012036133 |
| Series: Bloomsbury Philosophical Studies in Education |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.05 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Educating the Postmodern Child traces the philosophical challenges posed by children living in an information age. Fiachra Long explores the construction of childhood in today's society arguing that the postmodern child is exposed to the public world before its time and he explores the significance of this public/ private shift. Issues considered include education, appearance, space, empowerment, globality, tactility, talent, and visibility. After setting the context, each chapter uses a phenomenological approach to describe experiences common across computer-literate children today. Chapters draw on sources in the history of ideas to critique the situation described, provide a rich combination of educational and philosophical theory and apply some speculative concepts to the situation of children. |
