Schools and Screens by Victoria Cain - ISBN: 9780262045230
Hardcover
Screens in schools promised revolution but delivered deepened inequality instead.

Schools and Screens

A Watchful History

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  • Hardcover

    264 pages

  • Release Date

    2 November 2021

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Summary

Long before Chromebook giveaways and remote learning, screen media technologies were enthusiastically promoted by American education reformers. Again and again, as schools deployed film screenings, television programs, and computer games, screen-based learning was touted as a cure for all educational ills. But the transformation promised by advocates for screens in schools never happened.

In this book, Victoria Cain chronicles important episodes in the history of educational technolog…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262045230
ISBN-10:0262045230
Author:Victoria Cain
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:264
Release Date:2 November 2021
Weight:567g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
About The Author

Victoria Cain

Victoria Cain is Associate Professor of History at Northeastern University and coauthor of Life on Display- Revolutionizing U.S. Museums of Science and Natural History in the Twentieth Century.

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