Disruptive Fixation: School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-Idealism
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Disruptive Fixation: School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-Idealism
By (Author) Christo Sims
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
6th June 2017
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Educational strategies and policy
Educational administration and organization
Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)
Philosophy and theory of education
370.9747
Physical Properties
Hardback
232
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
454g
Description
In New York City in 2009, a new kind of public school opened its doors to its inaugural class of middle schoolers. Conceived by a team of game designers and progressive educational reformers and backed by prominent philanthropic foundations, it promised to reinvent the classroom for the digital age. Ethnographer Christo Sims documented the life of
Reviews
"Winner of the 2018 CITAMS Book Award, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association"
"Anyone holding Simss book will have at hand literallya reminder of how reformers dreams of using technologys magical power to shape a perfect future tend to persist, even in the face of real-world constraints and ethical concerns."---Amy Sue Bix, Technology and Culture
Author Bio
Christo Sims is assistant professor of communication and a founding member of the Studio for Ethnographic Design at the University of California, San Diego.
