Exploring Digital Technology in Education Why Theory Matters and What to Do about It
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Biographical note
Michael Hammond is Reader in Educational Studies at the University of Warwick.The field of digital technology in education has long been under-theorised.
This book will enable the reader to reflect on the use of theory when explaining technology use and set out ways in which we can theorise better. It explores the concept of theory and looks at how teaching, learning and technology itself have been theorised. With relatable international case studies, it shows how theories underpin optimistic and pessimistic accounts of technology in education.
This innovative book will help readers to understand more deeply the use of digital technology in education, as well as the idea of theory and how to develop a distinctly educational approach to theorising.
1. What is theory?
2. What is theorising?
3. Theorising learning with technology
4. Teachers and technology: why does take-up seem so difficult?
5. A theory of technology
6. Optimism and pessimism when it comes to theorising technology
7. How can we theorise better?
• takes the reader through the different approaches taken to theorising digital technology, noting the often-repeated complaint that the field is undertheorised.
• shows the reader how they can use key questions to engage in the process of theorising for themselves in a way that is critical and intelligent.